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| 2 | [[caption-width-right:350:Camouflage for the 20[[superscript:th]] and three-quarters century.]] |
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| 4 | ->'''Nite Owl:''' But the country is disintegrating. What's happened to America? What's happened to UsefulNotes/TheAmericanDream?\ |
| 5 | '''Comedian:''' It came true. You're lookin' at it. |
| 6 | -->-- ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' |
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| 8 | Ah, the Seesaw Seventies/Sordid Seventies: A time when love was free, peace was the sign of the times, people were shouting "[[ItsAllAboutMe me, me, me]]" through [[BeYourself self-esteem, self-discovery and individual identity]], and polyester was the fabric of choice. A period in history where the men wear [[FakeFabricFashionFauxPas polyester leisure suits with flaring trouser cuffs]] and huge ties while sporting [[SeventiesHair heavily sprayed and styled hair, sideburns included]]. Not to be outdone, the women wore feathered, Creator/FarrahFawcett hair above their slinky dresses with [[VaporWear no bras]] underneath. Black people sported a huge, poofy afro as a TakeThat to past straightening practices. Heck, even white people had afros if they could grow them! Most people spent at least 92 percent of their waking lives at the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discotheque disco]] or behind the wheel of [[http://www.oldcarbrochures.com/static/NA/Lincoln/1970_Lincoln/1970%20Lincoln%20Continental%20Brochure/1970%20Lincoln%20Continental-04-05.jpg a car]] big enough to tow the UsefulNotes/RMSTitanic. |
| 9 | {{Disco}} music with a tense [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2lRPLinYNQ "waka-chu-waka"]] beat often plays during [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOL-td7n6ks chase]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGvk2DXxIGE scenes]], or on [[BowChickaWowWow pornos]]. |
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| 11 | Elsewhere, WesternTerrorists ([[Film/{{Munich}} and the Arab ones]]) are trying to blow up people, the United States is still losing in UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar, and the SummerBlockbuster is invented twice through ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' and ''[[Film/ANewHope Star Wars]]''. |
| 12 | Media Technology reaches a turning point, as 8-track audio cassettes and the first versions of the Platform/{{VCR}} (U-matic in 1971, Betamax in 1975 and VHS in 1976) appear, as does the original Platform/LaserDisc (1978), the very first optical disc storage medium, and the very same technology that would later make CD, DVD, Blu-Ray and online possible. However, despite the new media technology, the old media technologies, namely the LP and film stock, are both still king as they had been for most of the 20th century. Movies like ''Film/TheGodfather'''s (I & II), ''Film/TaxiDriver'' and ''Film/{{Hardcore}}'' begin to deal with subjects once considered taboo due to the repealing of MediaNotes/TheHaysCode at the tail end of the preceding decade, and [[EroticFilm pornographic film]] becomes legal in the States. The world learns the meaning of Kung Fu thanks to a tough little guy from UsefulNotes/HongKong named Creator/BruceLee, while UsefulNotes/EvelKnievel {{Ramp Jump}}ed everything from cars and trucks to double-decker buses and river canyons. |
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| 14 | The first hints of a digital revolution touching mass markets appear during the mid-1970s, with the introduction of inexpensive microprocessors. {{Video games}}, [[MediaNotes/ComputerWars personal computers]], digital wristwatches, and pocket calculators are commercialized by a host of companies old and new. Incumbents in [[UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame amusement arcades]], companies like Creator/{{Williams|Electronics}} and {{Creator/Gottlieb}}, rush to update their {{pinball}} games and other electromechanical games to incorporate the new solid state technologies. By the end of the decade numerous categories of machines are reinvented with electronics, changed from gears and chimes and clicking wheels to beeps and buzzes and digital readouts or video displays. "Memory storage" is a hot feature of many electronics. Larger computers, meanwhile, are a hot topic for researchers in all fields-- the possibility of harnessing more data processing power is [[ForScience irresistible]], and the decade proves to be a twilight for groundbreaking computer science, as later decades focus mostly on commercialization and diffusion of pre-1980 research. |
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| 16 | The late 1970s are a good time to be a nerd if you're handy with a soldering iron, and if you aren't, you might be playing ''Tabletopgame/DungeonsAndDragons'' or reading ''[[Magazine/HeavyMetal Heavy Metal Magazine]]'' or ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'' - it's a vibrant time for a whole cross-section of fandoms. Alternately, you might instead be interested in health and fitness. The idea of "jogging" for one's health is still [[Film/MarathonMan relatively novel and unusual]] in this decade, but Vic Tanny "fitness clubs" had already been around for several decades, promoting the idea of "toning and strengthening" with machines. [[{{UsefulNotes/Bodybuilding}} Bodybuilders]] like [[Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger Arnold Schwarzenegger]] and [[Creator/LouFerrigno Lou Ferrigno]] became more represented in the media through film and television roles, although leading men in action films were typically along the lines of [[Creator/CharlesBronson Charles Bronson]]. |
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| 18 | Television is changed forever by such ground-breaking shows as ''Series/AllInTheFamily'', ''Series/{{MASH}}'', ''Series/TheMaryTylerMooreShow'', ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' and ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''. Meanwhile gentle family shows like ''Series/TheWaltons'', ''Series/LittleHouseOnThePrairie'' and ''Series/TheLifeAndTimesOfGrizzlyAdams'' found their own audience while [[Series/HappyDays The Fonz]] was ruling the kids' imagination while giving Creator/RobinWilliams his big time start as the master comedian in ''Series/MorkAndMindy'', and ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' is VindicatedByCable and develops a sizable fanbase, spawning a juggernaut franchise that would not die for... well, ever. While the kids have made the best of MediaNotes/TheDarkAgeOfAnimation with {{Saturday Morning Cartoon}}s like ''WesternAnimation/{{Superfriends}}'' and ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'', they at least had Creator/{{PBS}}'s breakthrough kids shows, ''Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood'' and ''Series/SesameStreet'' in their vibrant glory of its youth before they graduated to ''Series/TheElectricCompany1971'', ''Series/{{Zoom}}'' and ''Series/BigBlueMarble''. Traditional TV genres like the variety show had their last hurrah like ''Music/SonnyAndCher'' and ''Series/DonnyAndMarie'' while ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' became a universally hailed worldwide success. GameShows become huge once again (after the 1950s quiz show scandals nearly became a GenreKiller), with shows like ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'', ''Series/MatchGame'', ''Series/FamilyFeud'' and ''Series/TheHollywoodSquares'' becoming huge amongst people from all walks of life, with many others becoming either fondly remembered, or (due to [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes tape erasure]] or ExecutiveMeddling, typically) cult classics amongst game-show fanatics. |
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| 20 | MediaNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks begins, featuring death, politics, and [[CaptainEthnic "ethnic"]] superheroes for the first time ever since MediaNotes/TheComicsCode crippled the medium in the 1950s. That happened when Creator/StanLee wrote a government-requested anti-drug ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' story, which the code was dumb enough [[InsaneTrollLogic to refuse to authorize because it portrayed drugs]], [[DefyingTheCensors forcing Lee to diplomatically defy them]] to considerable praise. |
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| 22 | PunkRock and {{Disco}}, two genres of music which continue to influence music to this day, come out during this decade, as does the first primitive ElectronicMusic under such bands as the German Music/{{Kraftwerk}}, Music/YellowMagicOrchestra from Japan and Music/{{Suicide|Band}} from UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity. The break-up of Music/TheBeatles however was the defining moment of the music era, as it created a power vacuum for any aspiring musician to make it big. Nonetheless, the early years of the decade are considered to be the zenith of HardRock (and rock music, in general), as easy listening was off the charts and modern pop music wouldn't drive rock from the top 40 until 1976. AlternativeRock, HeavyMetal and [[HipHop Rap Music]] took their first steps here too. |
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| 24 | While this began late in TheSixties, the 1970s really solidified the changes that would shape the world to this day. The UsefulNotes/ColdWar slowed down as American and Soviet relations improved for the first time since 1945. American distrust for authority, while brewing during the war, began to really take form in the wake of the Watergate scandal. Crime and grime were on the rise and respect for law and order -- from both criminals and their victims -- began to decline in favor of the good old-fashioned [[Film/TaxiDriver "heads]] [[Film/DirtyHarry blown]] [[Film/DeathWish off"]] method. Furthermore, liberals and conservatives ended up at each other's throats more violently than ever before in the wake of events like Vietnam and Watergate, with western society becoming socially and politically polarized to a level never again reached until the emergence of the Tea Party in 2009 and (more notably) the political rise of Creator/DonaldTrump in the mid-2010s. |
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| 26 | The botched Apollo 13 mission (1970) (although the feat of getting the astronauts home alive was hailed as an achievement for NASA), the Munich Olympics massacre (1972), the Oil Crisis of 1973 and the American defeat in Vietnam (ended in 1975) broke forever the sense of security and confidence Westerners had had from 1946, although it arguably really began to crumble with the assassinations of UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy (in 1963), UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr and Robert F. Kennedy (both in 1968). Munich was notorious for introducing mass awareness of terrorism (soon thereafter the IRA would begin its bombing campaign in the UK) and the fallibility of basic security, and it was just [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror the beginning]]. The energy crisis had Westerners running out of gasoline for the first time, showing the world just how dependent we all are on the Middle East, thus the post-war economic boom that dominated TheFifties and TheSixties ended in a recession, turning the American manufacturing Belt into the "Rust Belt". The welfare state-based economy that begun with the [[UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt New Deal]] lost support and was replaced by the next decade with the ''laissez-faire'' "New Economy", heavily dependent on the banking industry, with its effects of mass speculation making finances more exciting -- and riskier. |
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| 28 | The environmental movement gained rapid speed as a result of the fuel shortages. In 1970, the first Earth Day was held, and in 1971, Greenpeace was founded. Many people worried that the world was [[TheEndIsNigh on the edge of an environmental catastrophe]]. Among other things, people went informal with ties and suits being thrown away (except for going to work: "Casual Fridays" began in TheNineties) and fashion rules being eliminated, stating that ''"there are no rules in fashion"''; the animal rights movement also had its origins during this period. Political correctness is born along with MoralGuardians raising their voice; single parenthood transitions from taboo to become (sort of) commonplace while gay rights gain steam; women become an important part of the workplace; divorces quickly begin to outgrow marriages (although to be fair, many had married under the "sexual revolution" of the 1960s, especially the young) and couples begin to live together without marrying at all. |
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| 30 | Covers roughly the period from the Kent State Massacre on May 4, 1970 to both the Presidential inauguration of UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan and the end of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_hostage_crisis Iranian hostage crisis]] 20 minutes later on January 20, 1981 politically (replace with UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher if you're British). Culturally, roughly speaking, it started with the [[UsefulNotes/CharlesManson Tate-Labianca murders]] on August 8 and 9, 1969, the Altamont Free Concert on December 6, 1969 and the breakup of Music/TheBeatles on April 10, 1970 and ended with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco_Demolition_Night Disco Demolition Night]] on July 12, 1979, the murder of Music/JohnLennon on December 8, 1980, and the launch of Creator/{{MTV}} on August 1, 1981. The most representative years are 1972 through 1978; the years before that still have some baggage left over from the 1960s (and, in some cases, [[TwoDecadesBehind even the 1950s]]), while in about 1977 the tropes begin to shift -- the sideburns got shorter, mass entertainment (movies especially) moved in the direction of pure escapism for the first time since the mid-1960s, the "women's lib" movement went mainstream and lost most of its earlier radicalism, and the (then) avant-garde musical styles of punk, New Wave, heavy metal, {{Industrial}} and (to a lesser extent) rap started to slowly eclipse the more proletarian or ''petit bourgeois'' styles of hard rock, R&B, and soft pop. Much of the sleaze and cynicism of the earlier part of the decade also began to fade by this time: while disco is sweeping the nation, the Watergate legacy is repudiated by the election of the [[WideEyedIdealist almost ridiculously idealistic]] and pure-hearted UsefulNotes/JimmyCarter as President, and the rise of the Moral Majority within fundamentalist and evangelical Christian sects does a creditable job of rolling back (for a time, and to a degree[[note]]And never with really great success until AIDS scared the shit out of everyone by the mid/late-1980s[[/note]]) the sexual carnival of the 1960s. But, needless to say, neither lasted beyond 1979 (the Carter administration, if not dead on arrival, clearly died with the Iranian hostage crisis), setting the bases for the turbulent 1980-1985 period. |
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| 32 | A convenient ButtMonkey or HateSink for modern observers, being with the 2000s the decade everyone loves to hate (or hates to love), although some consider TheRoaringTwenties, TheFifties and TheEighties to be {{Old Shame}}s as well. It doesn't help that other "uncomfortable" eras like TheGreatDepression and TheSixties have had [[MediaNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood redeeming]] [[Music/TheBeatles qualities]]. In later decades however, there have been attempts to rehabilitate the time period in the public mind by portraying more of its liberalism and cultural diversity. Creators who grew up in this decade, such as Creator/QuentinTarantino, have also played a role in reviving nostalgic interest in the culture of the era. |
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| 34 | See Also: TheRoaringTwenties, TheGreatDepression, The40s, The50s, The60s, The80s, The90s, TurnOfTheMillennium, TheNewTens, and TheNewTwenties. |
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| 37 | !!Popular tropes from this time period are: |
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| 39 | [[index]] |
| 40 | * SixtiesHair: Hairstyles of the first few years of the decade still had holdovers from the counterculture movement. Some women like [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishRoyalFamily Princess Anne Royal]] still sported beehives and bouffants well into the decade. {{New Wave|Music}} acts such as Music/TheB52s brought back beehives in the limelight later in the decade. |
| 41 | * SeventiesHair: Naturally. Some of the most famous hairdos of the decade included shags, Creator/FarrahFawcett's feathery layered cut, [[FunnyAfro afros]] for black men and women, curly perms, and thick mustaches for the men. |
| 42 | * EightiesHair: Many hairstyles most associated with the 1980s already began in the late 1970s, such as mullets, ultra-poofy side-combed perms and the [[DelinquentHair rebellious]], {{spiky| hair}}, colorful, androgynous haircuts of the Punk subculture that would become mainstream by rockstars and New Wave musicians in the next decade. |
| 43 | * TheAllegedCar: Pollution control systems were in their infancy, so cars stalling, sputtering, and backfiring were often the order of the day. ''Lemons: The World's Worst Cars'' makes note that during the seventies, "quality control" took a nose-dive. Noted auto journalist Peter Egan once dismissed the entire decade as ''The Era of Stupid Design'' while Creator/DaveBarry [[WildMassGuessing theorized]] that the first generation of American subcompacts were a BatmanGambit to discredit the very ''concept'' of a non-aircraft-carrier sized car. |
| 44 | * AudienceAlienatingEra: Considered to be this from TheEighties to late into TheNineties and the TurnOfTheMillennium. |
| 45 | * AwfulBritishSexComedy: While these originated in France, the Brit ''Percy'' and ''Confessions'' series became the TropeCodifier for low-budget softcore comedies, which also sparked imitators in Italy, Spain and Argentina. The hard-R comedies of the late '70s and early '80s, such as ''Film/AnimalHouse'', were Hollywood's response. |
| 46 | * BarbarianLonghair: After long hair on men had been [[RealMenHaveShortHair stigmatized for most of the 20th century]] (even moreso after it became associated with hippies) the 70s saw men growing out their hair return to mainstream appeal, as rock and especially early metal musicians showed that men with long locks could be very manly and handsome indeed. |
| 47 | * BeYourself: The main driving force of The Me Decade. |
| 48 | * BoyishShortHair: While long hair was ideal in this decade, some women, from feminists to housewives and from disco divas to punks, opted for and rocked the short hair, with styles like shags, pageboys, and spiky pixie cuts at the forefront. There were even short hair variants of retro coifs, afros and feathered Farrah-esque flips. |
| 49 | * BuccaneerBroadcaster: Illegal radio stations operating on boats to avoid prosecutions were still popular, but new government laws caused many of them to shut down. Many left to join mainstream radio stations, who'd already started to play more pop music that young people would enjoy. |
| 50 | * ButNotTooWhite: Bronzed skin was at its peak as a beauty standard, at least until the public awareness of the health risks such as skin cancer. Though cosmetic companies quickly jumped on this opportunity to market fake tans. The main reason tanning halted in the '80s was the trend of neon makeup, which shows up brighter on pale skin. |
| 51 | * {{Commune}}: News about young people joining communes and being brainwashed by religious cults were still in the news, with the Jim Jones cult and the hundreds of deaths that it caused as the most disturbing example. |
| 52 | * CryptidEpisode: With all things New Age and paranormal fashionable, cryptids were a popular subject for books and pseudo-documentaries, most famously Film/TheLegendOfBoggyCreek. |
| 53 | * DanceSensation: |
| 54 | ** A staple early in the decade, reaching its peak with 1975's "The Hustle", one of the songs which popularized disco music. |
| 55 | ** In the later part of the decade, hardcore punks started to stomp and slam at one another in concerts, and the concept of moshing was conceptualized. |
| 56 | * DarkerAndEdgier: Zigzagged (see LighterAndSofter below). The 1970s are usually seen as the hangover after the happy expectations everybody had during the golden sixties. The seventies were dominated by terrorist bombings, the Watergate affair, serial killings and the economic crisis. This was also the decade when people realized pollution was becoming a serious threat to nature. The happy peace loving hippie movement slowly petered out and was replaced by more commercialized trends like GlamRock, ArenaRock, bubblegum pop and {{Disco}}. Crime rates were also on the rise, with cities such as [[TheBigRottenApple New York City]] becoming major crime hubs during this decade. More drug-related deaths were reported, with Music/JimiHendrix (d. 1970), Music/JanisJoplin (d. 1970), and [[Music/TheDoors Jim Morrison]] (d. 1971) as the most famous examples. The death of Music/ElvisPresley in 1977 also proved that the old RockAndRoll genre was now officially dead. PunkRock came in as a nihilistic reaction against all this stuff, but even they quickly became commercialized as NewWaveMusic and PostPunk made their entrance. The movies of this era were also a lot darker than the more colorful campy films of the 60s, from gritty crime epics to intense dramas that often [[DownerEnding ended badly for the main characters]]. |
| 57 | * DoubleFeature: Two movies for the price of one was a mainstay in popular culture. |
| 58 | * EveryCarIsAPinto: The TropeNamer was produced from 1971 to 1980. |
| 59 | * ExploitationFilm: Examples existed in earlier decades, but the genre is associated most with the 1970s, when entire new subgenres came into existence, like biker movies, cannibal movies, nunsploitation movies, slasher films, etc. |
| 60 | ** {{Blaxploitation}}: Exploitation movies targeted at the Afro-American market became cult successes, usually involving cool black people getting back at "the man" and white racists. They were the American CyclicNationalFascination of the moment. |
| 61 | ** CannibalFilm: Many cannibal exploitation horror movies came out in the late 1970s, with ''Film/CannibalHolocaust'' as the most infamous example. |
| 62 | ** DisasterMovie: Very popular during this era, with ''Film/{{Airport}}'', ''Film/TheToweringInferno'', ''Film/{{Earthquake}}'' and ''Film/ThePoseidonAdventure'' as prime examples. |
| 63 | ** {{Giallo}}: Italian ''splatter'' horror movies are closely associated with the 1970s. |
| 64 | ** {{Nazisploitation}}: A subgenre in the exploitation film craze mixing ThoseWackyNazis, GirlsBehindBars and TorturePorn. ''Ilsa: She-Wolf of the SS'' is one of the most well-known. |
| 65 | ** SlasherMovie: ''Film/{{The Texas Chain Saw Massacre|1974}}'', but especially ''Film/{{Halloween|1978}}'' popularized the genre, but it would become really huge during the 1980s. |
| 66 | * TheFashionista: As stated in a Vogue 1970 issue, there are no rules in fashion, and following the failure of the midi skirt as the ''de facto'' fashion statement, and a battle FashionShow where American designers curb-stomped their French rivals [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battle_of_Versailles_Fashion_Show at the Palace of Versailles in 1973]], a fashion storm that embraced diversity started, and left a mark for future designers with different flavors of style in the catwalk, then leaving a disaster on the [[TheEighties next decade]]. |
| 67 | * ForeignCultureFetish: |
| 68 | ** For Americans and much of the West, everything that is Chinese stepped into the scene after China slowly reopened its doors to the world, and President Nixon visited the country in 1972. The country brought forth stir-fried noodles, UsefulNotes/{{qipao}}s, chopsticks, pandas, UsefulNotes/{{Buddhism}}, Confucian and Taoist thoughts, acupuncture, and most especially, [[EverybodyWasKungFuFighting kung-fu]]! |
| 69 | ** The decade defined this trope regarding the embrace of ethnic diversity. Everyone daring enough would have worn clothing with African, Asian, Native American, Middle Eastern, or Eastern European motifs in it. Some would wear their respective motifs to embrace their heritage, and others would share each others motifs as a sign of globalization and openness. |
| 70 | ** For non-Americans, America, especially [[BigApplesauce New York]], was the financial and cultural hub of the decade. |
| 71 | * TheFundamentalist: Far right wing Christians mobilized and organized in response to a case decided by the Supreme Court in the early 70s. No, not Roe v. Wade; it was the IRS v. their schools. They argued, and SCOTUS agreed, that if you refuse to serve half the community then you can't be said to serve the whole community and therefore don't deserve tax exempt status, thus bringing taxation to all of the private religious schools that opened up in the aftermath of Brown v. Board. The abortion thing came later when they realized "We want segregation." wasn't a good look in the mid-70s and focused on the least objectionable bit of eugenics (no abortions for white women) after observing the Catholic Church's positive press opposing it. The result was the Christian Coalition and it paved the way for Reagan and the flavor of the culture wars we've seen since. |
| 72 | * FunnyAfro: Hairstyle worn by many black people. |
| 73 | * {{Gaze}}: A filmography theory that originated in this decade and serves to categorize how media is meant to be observed. |
| 74 | * TheGenerationGap: Still prominent, with younger Boomers clashing with their Silent Generation parents over social and political issues. |
| 75 | * GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The short period of stability, economic growth, and liberalism from the end of TheSixties onward in the Communist Bloc allowed a bit of openness to Western media, which made a lot of East Europeans adopt the fashions of the age (RussianHumour also stabbed with the sharp point of irony the fashion of flaring bellbottom trousers and SeventiesHair), but [[DiscoDan they clung to them even 30 years too late]], inasmuch as an average Russian from [[TurnOfTheMillennium the early 2000s]] may think outfits with knitted sweaters and ties, jeans with fringes, checkered coats with elbow patches and handlebar mustaches, homes with bizarre pattern furniture, bars with pinball machines and nightclubs with disco balls [[FishOutOfTemporalWater are perfectly acceptable]]. Only by the mid-2000s did the middle-aged generation gradually abandon them. |
| 76 | * GirlinessUpgrade: After the 60s trends of mini skirts, countercultural looks, and space age designs, and inbetween the women's lib movement and the punk and metal scene, stood the soft feminine look, with the discourses on femininity, the refinement and polishing of the hippie styles and lifestyles, the resurged interest in handcrafting, and wearing long flowy dresses with fashions heralded by the pastoral frocks of Laura Ashley, the old Hollywood glam of Biba, the romantic rendezvous of Yves Saint-Laurent, the demure drapes of Halston, and the casual wraps of Diane von Furstenberg. |
| 77 | * GloriousMotherRussia: With every man a KGB agent and every woman a BrawnHilda, with a few {{Sensual Slav}}s thrown in for good measure. |
| 78 | * GranolaGirl: Concerns about health and the environment led to the inception of "healthy products", although this would not really take off until TheNineties. |
| 79 | * GratuitousDiscoSequence: How do we spice things up? By having people do some disco dancing halfway through, of course. |
| 80 | * GreaserDelinquents: The subculture essentially died out in the last years of TheSixties, save for a few holdouts in the Midwest, and what was left of that died out in the early 1970s. However, portrayals of greasers in fiction and pop culture start to pop up during this decade as nostalgia for TheFifties starts to set in. The most famous greaser delinquent in fiction, The Fonz, became one of the most important pop culture icons of the decade. |
| 81 | * TheGreatDepression: The 1970s have an oddly nostalgic lens for the "Dirty Thirties", and for TheForties to an extent, as the economic downturn of the 1970s echoed that of the economic downturn of the 1930s. Big band jazz was revived, Art Deco got a reappraisal, curly permanent waves got a groovier reinvention, women's skirts became longer and high heeled shoes became higher, women donning red lipstick again and plucking their eyebrows to look like the starlets of old, and movies such as ''Film/{{Chinatown}}'' and ''Literature/TheDayOfTheLocust'' have a gritty take behind the glitz and glamour of Old Hollywood. Even the first ''Franchise/StarWars'' film was a nod to the space opera serials like ''ComicStrip/BuckRogers'' and ''Franchise/FlashGordon''. |
| 82 | * HolidayInCambodia: The 1970s was not a fun time for most of Southeast Asia, with [[UsefulNotes/{{Vietnam}} one country]] being ravaged by [[UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar war]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Cambodia}} another]] having its people being decimated by its government, [[UsefulNotes/{{Philippines}} two]] [[UsefulNotes/{{Indonesia}} countries]] ruled by their respective [[UsefulNotes/FerdinandMarcos iron-fisted]] [[UsefulNotes/{{Suharto}} dictators]], and [[UsefulNotes/{{Singapore}} one city-state]], after being kicked out by [[UsefulNotes/{{Malaysia}} a federal monarchy]], managed to rise on top socio-economically and would continue for decades to come. Nevertheless, Hollywood would produce media based on the horrors of the Vietnam war, such as ''Film/TheDeerHunter'' and ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' (which is set in Vietnam, but filmed in the Philippines). |
| 83 | * HotterAndSexier: They're not referred to as "The Saucy Seventies" for nothin', baby. In fact, the sexual revolution of the late 60s only took hold beginning in 1970. |
| 84 | * ItsAllAboutMe: Well, it's not called The "ME" Decade for nothing. Tom Wolfe, coining the term, said that the '70s were the "Third Great Awakening." People acted more out of self-interest, contrasted with the pulling together for the common good of TheGreatDepression and UsefulNotes/WorldWarII generations, the conformity of TheFifties and the idealism (and later, the counter-cultural communitarianism) of TheSixties. |
| 85 | * IWasQuiteAFashionVictim: Period pieces for this decade certainly have a goldmine to choose from. Leisure suits and bell bottoms are the biggest targets. |
| 86 | * JiggleShow: Practically ''every'' American TV show airing in the late 1970s certainly had some fanservice in it (''Happy Days'' and ''Little House on the Prairie'' being the only exceptions), but shows like ''Charlie's Angels'' and ''Three's Company'' were quite blatant about it, their only reason for existing being to show the beautiful female stars in skimpy or otherwise form-flattering outfits. |
| 87 | * JiveTurkey: Black people speaking in ''jive'' were a staple of popular culture back then. |
| 88 | * LGBTFanbase: A phenomenon making its ''public'' revival after the beginning of the modern gay rights movement and the easing of mandatory media/postal censorship. |
| 89 | * LighterAndSofter: The earlier years of the decade were a welcome breath of relief from all the tensions that marked the late 1960s. Similarly, the years 1977 and 1978 became this after the middle of the decade was marked by political fallout and economic stagnation. |
| 90 | * LimitedAnimation: Most of the worst products of MediaNotes/TheDarkAgeOfAnimation would come out during this decade, and were [[AnimationAgeGhetto strictly kids stuff]], except for the occasional odd exception, like Creator/RalphBakshi's films (along with international and independent animation from Sally Cruikshank, NFB, Will Vinton, anything made in Japan etc) |
| 91 | * ManlyMan: This decade established the "alpha male"/"macho" archetype as the one way a real man was supposed to be. |
| 92 | * MartialArtsMovie: Kung fu movies broke to the mainstream thanks to the success of Creator/BruceLee. |
| 93 | * MessyHair: Many people wore long windblown hair throughout the decade. |
| 94 | * ModestyBedsheet: Actually, a new unisex bedsheet was introduced during the decade, mainly for {{Fanservice}}, during bedroom/sex scenes in R-rated movies; unlike the L-shaped ''His 'n' Hers Bedsheet'' that falls to the man's waist and covers up the woman's bust, the unisex version also falls to the woman's waist and leaves her bust uncovered. |
| 95 | * MoralGuardians: In the U.S., Focus on the Family was founded in 1977 and the Moral Majority was founded in 1979. Meanwhile in Britain, Mary Whitehouse's "Clean Up TV" association had one of the largest membership numbers in the country. There was also the [[http://countrystudies.us/united-states/history-136.htm New Right movement]], which cleaned up the excesses and debauchery of the decade, only to make their own excessive messes by [[TheEighties the following decade]]. |
| 96 | * MusicOfThe1970s: Continuing with [[TheSixties the last decade's]] move on experimentation, this decade gave out two styles: loudness and glamour, which would give out a crazy yet effective blend by [[TheEighties the following decade]]. What we got are: |
| 97 | ** {{Afrobeat}}: The genre originated in the 1960s, but became very popular in the 1970s. |
| 98 | ** {{Disco}}: Became an underground hit in gay Afro-American night clubs, until it hit mainstream with ''Film/SaturdayNightFever'', which completely invented a lifestyle to it that had nothing in common with the original disco culture. By 1980 the disco fad ran out in the USA, creating the trope DiscoSucks. |
| 99 | ** {{Funk}}: Still very popular, with Music/JamesBrown and Music/SlyAndTheFamilyStone as frontrunners and new groups like Parliament, Funkadelic, Music/EarthWindAndFire taking Afro-American culture by storm. |
| 100 | ** GlamRock: Between 1970 and 1976, with Music/DavidBowie, Music/LouReed, [[Music/MarcBolan T. Rex]], and Music/{{Sweet}} as the major examples. |
| 101 | ** GothRock: A [[UnbuiltTrope protoform of it]] emerged from the British PunkRock scene. By 1979 it had started to take hold with the creation of London's Batcave Club and the release of Music/{{Bauhaus}}' debut single "Bela Lugosi's Dead." |
| 102 | ** HardRock, which started as heavier and louder BluesRock grows in style and popularity in the 1970s. Sometimes it gets lumped together with other genres, especially HeavyMetal, and they shared many fans. It was its own thing. Music/AliceCooper and Music/{{Aerosmith}} were popular for this music in the 70s. |
| 103 | ** HeavyMetal: Though it originated in the late 1960s, it became more prominent in this decade. Especially Music/BlackSabbath, and Music/JudasPriest. |
| 104 | *** HeavyMetalUmlaut: Music/BlueOysterCult inspired many other heavy metal bands to use umlauts in their names. |
| 105 | *** EpicRiff: Heavy Metal and hard rock contributed many iconic riffs that are still played by musicians fifty years later, with Music/DeepPurple's "Smoke on the Water" being the first riff many aspiring guitarists learned. |
| 106 | ** HipHop: Near the end of the 1970s the genre became notable, with Music/TheSugarHillGang's "Rapper's Delight" (1979) as the first mainstream rap hit. |
| 107 | ** {{Industrial}}: In the late part of the decade, musicians that felt punk was not as effective a means of expressing true rebellion decided to abandon punk and move towards ElectronicMusic, but rather than embracing the mainstream electronica of their time, however, they drew inspiration from bands like Music/{{Suicide|Band}} and strove to combine electronic music with a punk mentality. Music/ThrobbingGristle could be considered the TropeCodifier, with their label, Industrial Records, providing the name for the genre. |
| 108 | ** {{Jazz}}: Came back with a modest surge of popularity due to 1920s/1930s nostalgia, even more complex improvisations, and [[JazzFusion blending in with other genres]] such as Rock, {{Funk}} and {{Soul}}. |
| 109 | ** [[JapanesePopMusic J-Pop]]: First began here with artists like Candies and Miyuki Nakajima. |
| 110 | ** NewWaveMusic: Emerged alongside punk rock (see below). |
| 111 | ** ProgressiveRock: Started in the 1960s, but is closely associated with the early 1970s, until PunkRock completely made it unhip, pretentious and ridiculous. |
| 112 | ** ProtoPunk: Started in the late 1960s, but only started getting more popular when PunkRock broke to the mainstream and its influence on the genre was acknowledged. |
| 113 | ** PsychedelicRock: Lost its popularity quite rapidly around the mid-1970s, when PunkRock and NewWaveMusic came about. |
| 114 | ** PunkRock: Started as a movement at large during this decade. |
| 115 | ** {{Reggae}}: Still only popular in the Caribbean at the start of the decade, but it finally caught on in the rest of the world thanks to the enormous success of Music/BobMarley. |
| 116 | ** {{Ska}}: Experienced an unexpected revival in the United Kingdom, with British bands like Music/{{Madness|Band}} and Music/TheSpecials adapting the style. |
| 117 | ** {{Soul}}: The popularity of soul started fading out near the mid-1970s, when {{Disco}} became the new fad. |
| 118 | * NewAgeRetroHippie: Hippies were very prominent in the early 1970s, but after 1974 they became less noticeable. |
| 119 | * NoFameNoWealthNoService: When it came to clubs like Studio 54. |
| 120 | * PaedoHunt: Until the 1970s, most people were totally ignorant about pederasty, until the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Paedophile Information Exchange]] in Britain made it very clear that the only goal in the lives of their members was to have sex with children. |
| 121 | * PimpedOutDress: Every article of clothing was ''really'' pimped-out during this decade no matter what fashion designer, brand, or style you're into; whether you're into the light and free [[BourgeoisBohemian hippie]], the glittery {{Disco}}, the frivolous GlamRock, the edgy [[TheQuincyPunk Punk]], the exotic and ethnic, or the [[TheRoaringTwenties glamorous]] [[TheFifties retro]] scene. |
| 122 | * PornStache: The stereotypical '70s man had either that or a full beard. |
| 123 | * PrettyInMink: Aside from the pimp coats, sheepskin and white rabbit jackets for ladies became popular. |
| 124 | * RealIsBrown: The palette for the decade is generously filled with browns, oranges, and earth-tones; a middle ground for the space-agey hues of TheSixties and the hi-contrast neon shades of TheEighties. |
| 125 | * TheRoaringTwenties: Not all nostalgia was for TheFifties. Even the days of jazz and bootleg booze got their slice of the cake in this heavily nostalgic decade. One may relate open shirts and bell-bottoms to disco... but both styles were originally popular [[OlderThanTheyThink from that decade]]. |
| 126 | * RomanticismVersusEnlightenment: The decade mostly veered on nostalgic romanticism (inherited from the hippie movement) in reaction to 1960s-era enlightenment-induced modernist idealism. |
| 127 | * SerialKiller: Several of the more infamous ones (Ted Bundy, David Berkowitz, John Wayne Gacy, BTK, The Zodiac Killer, The Yorkshire Ripper, etc.) became active during the decade. |
| 128 | * SexySweaterGirl: Being a experimental and a sexually liberal decade, tight sweaters came back from TheFifties with a vengeance that was further emphasized with the braless look, and increased interest of knitwear and handmade knitting and crocheting made braless mesh sweaters possible. |
| 129 | * SharedUniverse: The decade is the URExample. ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' debuted in 1976, though it won't be TheVerse until two decades later. Likewise, ''Series/{{Dallas}}'' debuted in 1978 and its SpinOff ''Series/KnotsLanding'' debuted the following year, making them the first American series with a shared continuity. |
| 130 | * SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: Although it is remembered as a mostly cynical decade, the 70s was quite capable of being quite idealistic at the same time. |
| 131 | * SpoonBending: A popular magic trick popularized in the 1970s, now associated with psychics and the paranormal. |
| 132 | * TropeMakers: With TV and a reformulated Hollywood still influencing media, we got: |
| 133 | ** AngelsPose: A StockParody introduced by the popular 1976 TV series ''Series/CharliesAngels''. |
| 134 | ** BohemianParody: The popularity of Music/{{Queen}}'s music video for "Bohemian Rhapsody" inspired countless [[StockParody homages and parodies]]. |
| 135 | ** CharlieAndTheChocolateParody: While the novel dates from the 1960s, it was the 1971 film ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'' that made a WholePlotReference to this film a StockParody, but not until the 1990s. |
| 136 | ** CryingIndian: A 1970s-era environmentalist PSA featuring a crying Indian soon became a StockParody. |
| 137 | ** CyberPunk: Though it would not be codified until the next decade, [[Creator/JohnBrunner John Brunner]]'s 1975 novel ''Literature/TheShockwaveRider'' is commonly cited as the starting point for the genre. |
| 138 | ** ExorcistHead: The rotating head of ''Film/TheExorcist'' became a StockParody thanks to this film. |
| 139 | ** FunnyBruceLeeNoises: Creator/BruceLee's popularity made funny noises during kung fu battles mandatory. |
| 140 | ** HaveANiceDaySmile: In a decade that often seemed crappy, this smiley became prominent during the decade to lighten up the mood, and it was everywhere ever since whether used [[StepfordSmiler ironically]] or genuinely. |
| 141 | ** ILoveTheSmellOfXInTheMorning: A StockParody inspired by ''Film/ApocalypseNow''. |
| 142 | ** JawsAttackParody: A StockParody inspired by the theme music and film poster of ''Franchise/{{Jaws}}''. |
| 143 | ** JeopardyThinkingMusic: ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' introduced this often-parodied instrumental tune, but it only really picked up use in this decade (despite the original run ending in 1974 amidst Creator/{{NBC}} exec's [[ExecutiveMeddling Lin Bolen's]] [[ScrewedByTheNetwork screwing attempts]], and a short-lived revival in 1978 performing poorly, resulting in the show's hibernation until the next decade). |
| 144 | ** TheJoyOfX: A StockParody inspired by the title of Alex Comfort's 1973 non-fiction book ''The Joy Of Sex''. |
| 145 | ** MayTheFarceBeWithYou: The success of ''Franchise/StarWars'' spawned off numerous spoofs and parodies of the franchise, making it one of [[OverdosedTrope the most overdone]] [[StockParody stock parodies]]. |
| 146 | ** MumblingBrando: Already a StockParody since the 1950s, but became more prominent in pop culture after Brando's comeback with ''Film/TheGodfather''. |
| 147 | ** AnOfferYouCantRefuse: A StockParody popularized by ''Film/TheGodfather''. |
| 148 | ** PimpDuds: Popularized by {{Blaxploitation}} films. |
| 149 | ** PsychicStrangle: A StockParody popularized by ''Franchise/StarWars''. |
| 150 | ** StayingAliveDancePose: A StockParody popularized by the film poster of ''Film/SaturdayNightFever''. |
| 151 | ** UsefulNotes/StockholmSyndrome: Captives sympathizing with their captors has been around, but it only became prominent with the Norrmalmstorg robbery in 1973 (also the TropeNamer), and was first applied when Hearst heiress Patty Hearst was kidnapped by and joined the Symbionese Liberation Army in 1974. |
| 152 | ** {{Streaking}}: Began on college campuses in 1973. |
| 153 | ** ThreateningShark: Popularized by the successful 1975 film ''Film/{{Jaws}}''. |
| 154 | ** WeCanRebuildHim: A StockParody popularized by ''Series/TheSixMillionDollarMan''. |
| 155 | ** YouTalkinToMe: A StockParody made iconic by ''Film/TaxiDriver''. |
| 156 | * TwoDecadesBehind: Nothing says The Seventies like nostalgia for TheFifties, as evidenced by the popularity of ''Film/AmericanGraffiti'', ''Film/{{Grease}}'' and ''Series/HappyDays'', and a slew of other shows. |
| 157 | ** [[/index]]The trope would repeat itself in a similar way when nostalgia for the '70s became all the rage in TheNineties, even if this time it was little more than an excuse to get closer to the '50s (except for the occasional DiscoDan). |
| 158 | ** TheNewTens have featured a somewhat more sincere nostalgia for this decade, and with '90s nostalgia becoming SeriousBusiness, will likely bring the trope to a full circle.[[index]] |
| 159 | * UnkemptBeauty: Continuing from the late 60s, the hippie-influenced bare-faced healthy tan look was the mainstream look for many women after being fed up with makeup as an essential part of feminine beauty. In response, the cosmetics industry not only created products that resemble the bare-faced look, but also products suitable for darker skin tones. Of course, heavy, glittery makeup would be reserved for evenings at the disco. Or for punks. Or for [[TheEighties the next decade]]. |
| 160 | * VaporWear: Bras were out. Visible nipples were in. |
| 161 | * WorldOfBadass: The decade ''defined'' Badass. |
| 162 | ** AfroAsskicker: The hairdo don't impede in kicking ass on Blaxploitation films. |
| 163 | ** BadassBookworm: [[Series/StarskyAndHutch Usually paired with a]] CowboyCop. |
| 164 | ** Creator/BruceLee: The man who made [[ThisIndexKnowsKungFu Kung-Fu]] a worldwide obsession. |
| 165 | ** CarpetOfVirility: A necessary accessory for manly men in open shirts. |
| 166 | ** CowboyCop: A loose cannon paired with a BadassBookworm to keep check. |
| 167 | ** UsefulNotes/EvelKnievel: A RealLife example of a badass. |
| 168 | ** EverybodyWasKungFuFighting, at least in the movies. |
| 169 | ** {{Hunk}}: The nigh-mandatory look. Extra points if you have a CarpetOfVirility. |
| 170 | * {{Wuxia}}: Became more popular in the West. |
| 171 | [[/index]] |
| 172 | |
| 173 | !!Works that were made in this time period: |
| 174 | [[index]] |
| 175 | * AnimeAndMangaOfThe1970s |
| 176 | * ComicBooksOfThe1970s |
| 177 | * EarlyVideoGames |
| 178 | * FanficsPre2000 |
| 179 | * FilmsOfThe1970s |
| 180 | * LiteratureOfThe1970s |
| 181 | * MusicOfThe1970s |
| 182 | * RadioOfThe1970s |
| 183 | * SeriesOfThe1970s |
| 184 | * TheatreOfThe1970s |
| 185 | * WesternAnimationOfThe1970s |
| 186 | |
| 187 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 188 | |
| 189 | [[folder:Advertising]] |
| 190 | * ''Advertising/CmonAussieCmon'' |
| 191 | * Advertising/CookieCrisp |
| 192 | * Advertising/{{Freakies}} |
| 193 | * ''Advertising/TheGreatCrunchieTrainRobbery'' |
| 194 | * ''Advertising/HowManyLicksDoesItTake'' |
| 195 | * ''Advertising/KarlOjisan'' |
| 196 | * ''Advertising/McDonaldland'' |
| 197 | * Advertising/MonsterCereals |
| 198 | * Advertising/OtterPops |
| 199 | [[/folder]] |
| 200 | |
| 201 | [[folder:Asian Animation]] |
| 202 | * ''Animation/SquirrelAndHedgehog'' |
| 203 | [[/folder]] |
| 204 | |
| 205 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 206 | * ''ComicBook/BlakeAndMortimer''. First appeared in September, 1946. |
| 207 | * ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes''. First appeared in April, 1958. |
| 208 | ** ''ComicBook/TheEarthwarSaga'': Storyline started in July, 1978. |
| 209 | * ''ComicBook/ConanTheBarbarian''. Adaptation of the literary character. First appeared in October, 1970. |
| 210 | * ''ComicBook/DeGeneraal''. Series began in 1971. |
| 211 | * ''ComicBook/JanJansEnDeKinderen''. First appeared in 1970. |
| 212 | * ''ComicBook/{{Jommeke}}''. Series began in 1955. |
| 213 | * ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke''. Series began in 1947. |
| 214 | * ''ComicStrip/{{Nero}}''. Series began in 1947. |
| 215 | * ''ComicBook/NewGods''. Series started in February-March, 1971. |
| 216 | * ''ComicStrip/PaulusDeBoskabouter''. Series began in 1946. |
| 217 | * ''ComicStrip/ThePertwillabyPapers''. Series began in 1971. |
| 218 | * ''ComicBook/PietPienterEnBertBibber''. Series began in 1951. |
| 219 | * ''ComicBook/SpirouAndFantasio''. Series began in 1938. |
| 220 | * ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}''. First appeared in 1959. |
| 221 | ** ''ComicBook/StarfiresRevenge'': Storyline started in February, 1971. |
| 222 | ** ''ComicBook/DemonSpawn''. Published in July, 1972. |
| 223 | ** ''ComicBook/Supergirl1972''. Supergirl's first solo book. First appeared in November, 1972. |
| 224 | ** ''ComicBook/StrangersAtTheHeartsCore'': Storyline began in June, 1977. |
| 225 | * ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}''. Series began in 1938. |
| 226 | ** ''ComicBook/TheImmortalSuperman''. Storyline started in February, 1970. |
| 227 | ** ''ComicBook/KryptoniteNevermore''. Storyline began in January, 1971. |
| 228 | ** ''ComicBook/MustThereBeASuperman'': Storyline published in January, 1972. |
| 229 | ** ''ComicBook/SupermanVsTheAmazingSpiderMan''. Published in January, 1976. |
| 230 | ** ''ComicBook/WhoTookTheSuperOutOfSuperman'': Started publication in February, 1976. |
| 231 | ** ''ComicBook/KryptonNoMore'' storyline, appeared in Januay-March, 1977. |
| 232 | ** ''ComicBook/TheGreatPhantomPeril'': Storyline started in May, 1977. |
| 233 | ** ''ComicBook/ThePlagueOfTheAntibioticMan'': Storyline started in May, 1977. |
| 234 | ** ''ComicBook/TheOtherSideOfDoomsday'': Story published in July, 1977. |
| 235 | ** ''ComicBook/SupermanVsShazam'': Storyline published in 1978. |
| 236 | ** ''ComicBook/WorldOfKrypton'': The first series was published in 1979. |
| 237 | ** ''ComicBook/LetMyPeopleGrow'': Story came out in May, 1979. |
| 238 | ** ''ComicBook/TheLifeStoryOfSuperman'': Story came out in October, 1979). |
| 239 | * ''ComicBook/SuskeEnWiske''. Series began in 1945. |
| 240 | * ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}''. Series started in 1929. |
| 241 | ** ''Recap/TintinTintinAndThePicaros'' (1976). |
| 242 | * ''ComicBook/TomPoes''. Series began in 1941. |
| 243 | * ''ComicBook/YokoTsuno''. Series started in September, 1970. |
| 244 | * ''ComicBook/ManThing''. First series started (as ''Savage Tales'') in May, 1971. |
| 245 | * ''ComicBook/AvengersTheKreeSkrullWar''. Began in June, 1971. |
| 246 | * ''ComicBook/TheDefenders''. First series started in December, 1971. |
| 247 | * ''ComicBook/DraculaMarvelComics'' |
| 248 | ** ''ComicBook/TheTombOfDracula''. Series started in April, 1972. |
| 249 | ** ''ComicBook/DraculaLives''. Series started in August, 1973. |
| 250 | * ''ComicBook/LukeCageHeroForHire''. Series started in June, 1972. |
| 251 | * ''ComicBook/{{Etrigan}}''. First series started (as ''The Demon'') in August, 1972. |
| 252 | * ''ComicBook/WerewolfByNight''. First series started in September, 1972. |
| 253 | * ''ComicBook/SwampThing''. First series started in October-November, 1972. |
| 254 | * ''ComicBook/TheScrameustache''. Series started in 1972. |
| 255 | * ''ComicBook/{{Yakari}}''. Series started in 1973. |
| 256 | * ''ComicBook/{{Morbius}}''. First series (''Vampire Tales'') started in June, 1973. |
| 257 | * ''ComicBook/TheNightGwenStacyDied'' storyline, appeared in June-July, 1973. |
| 258 | * ''ComicBook/Prez1973''. Series started in August, 1973. |
| 259 | * ''ComicBook/AvengersDefendersWar''. Began in September, 1973. |
| 260 | * ''ComicBook/GhostRider''. First series started in September, 1973. |
| 261 | * ''ComicBook/SupermanFamily''. Series started in May, 1974. |
| 262 | * ''ComicBook/{{OMAC}}''. First series started in September, 1974. |
| 263 | * ''ComicBook/{{Papyrus}}''. Series started in 1974. |
| 264 | * ''ComicBook/DouweDabbert''. Series started in 1975. |
| 265 | * ''ComicBook/RichardDragonKungFuFighter''. May, 1975 - December, 1977. |
| 266 | * ''ComicBook/TheGreenTeam''. First series in May, 1975. |
| 267 | * ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen''. Revived in May, 1975. |
| 268 | * ''ComicBook/TheInvadersMarvelComics''. The first series started in August, 1975, though it was a period piece set in TheForties. |
| 269 | * ''ComicBook/BatmanFamily''. Series started in October, 1975. |
| 270 | * ''ComicBook/IronFist''. First series started in November, 1975. |
| 271 | * ''ComicBook/HerculesUnbound''. November, 1975 - September, 1977. |
| 272 | * ''ComicBook/OmegaTheUnknown''. Series started in December, 1975. |
| 273 | * ''ComicBook/HowardTheDuck''. Series started in January, 1976. |
| 274 | * ''ComicBook/{{The Warlord|DCComics}}''. First series started in February, 1976. |
| 275 | * ''ComicBook/FreedomFightersDCComics''. First series started in March, 1976. |
| 276 | * ''ComicBook/ElEternautaSegundaParte''. Series started in 1976. |
| 277 | * ''ComicBook/AmericanSplendor''. Series started in 1976. |
| 278 | * ''ComicBook/StormDonLawrence''. Series started in 1976. |
| 279 | * ''ComicBook/KarateKid''. April, 1976 - August, 1978. |
| 280 | * ''ComicBook/TheEternals''. First appeared in July, 1976. |
| 281 | * ''ComicBook/{{Nova}}''. First series started in September, 1976. |
| 282 | * ''ComicBook/{{Ragman}}''. First series started in September, 1976. |
| 283 | * ''ComicBook/CaptainBritainWeekly''. Series started in October, 1976. |
| 284 | * ''ComicBook/MsMarvel1977''. Series started in January, 1977. |
| 285 | * ''ComicBook/RedSonja''. First series in January, 1977. |
| 286 | * ''ComicBook/DeKiekeboes''. Series started in February, 1977. |
| 287 | * ''ComicBook/TwoThousandAD''. Magazine launched in February, 1977. |
| 288 | ** ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' debuted in the second issue. |
| 289 | ** ''ComicBook/{{Savage}}''. First appeared as ''Invasion!'' in February, 1977. |
| 290 | ** ''ComicBook/StrontiumDog'' started a year later, in May 1978. |
| 291 | ** ''ComicBook/ABCWarriors'' first started in 1979. |
| 292 | ** ''ComicBook/HarlemHeroes'' |
| 293 | * ''ComicBook/WhatIf''. The series started in February, 1977. |
| 294 | * ''ComicBook/JonahHex''. First series started in April, 1977. |
| 295 | * ''ComicBook/{{Thorgal}}''. Series started in March, 1977. |
| 296 | * ''ComicBook/AlbanyAndSturgess''. Series started in April, 1977. |
| 297 | * ''ComicBook/BlackLightning''. First series started in April, 1977. |
| 298 | * ''ComicBook/StarWarsMarvel1977''. Series started in April, 1977. |
| 299 | * ''ComicBook/ShadeTheChangingMan''. First series started in June, 1977. |
| 300 | * ''ComicBook/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters1977''. Series started in August, 1977. |
| 301 | * ''ComicBook/CerebusTheAardvark''. Series started in December, 1977. |
| 302 | * ''ComicBook/AContractWithGod'', the first Graphic Novel, was published in 1978. |
| 303 | * ''ComicBook/OmahaTheCatDancer''. First published in 1978. |
| 304 | * ''ComicBook/ElfQuest''. Series started in Spring, 1978. |
| 305 | * ''ComicBook/TheKorvacSaga''. Began on January 1978. |
| 306 | * ''ComicBook/FirestormDCComics''. First series started in March, 1978. |
| 307 | * ''ComicBook/SpiderWoman''. First series started in April, 1978. |
| 308 | * ''ComicBook/DCComicsPresents''. Series started in July, 1978. |
| 309 | * ''ComicBook/MicronautsMarvelComics''. Series started in January, 1979. |
| 310 | * ''ComicBook/Aria1979''. Series started in August, 1979. |
| 311 | * ''ComicBook/ROMSpaceKnight''. Series started in December, 1979. |
| 312 | [[/folder]] |
| 313 | |
| 314 | [[folder:Comic Strips]] |
| 315 | * ''ComicStrip/BroomHilda''. Debuted in April 1970. |
| 316 | * ''ComicStrip/{{Doonesbury}}''. Started in October, 1970. |
| 317 | * ''ComicStrip/LoveIs''. First published in January 1970. |
| 318 | * ''ComicStrip/ZippyThePinhead''. First appeared in March, 1971. |
| 319 | * ''ComicStrip/FunkyWinkerbean''. Started in March, 1972. |
| 320 | * ''ComicStrip/HagarTheHorrible'' . Started in February, 1973. |
| 321 | * ''ComicStrip/{{Heathcliff}}''. Started in September, 1973. |
| 322 | * ''ComicStrip/{{Herman}}''. Started in 1975. |
| 323 | * ''ComicStrip/GeorgeAndLynne''. Started in 1976. |
| 324 | * ''ComicStrip/{{Jon}}''. Started January, 1976. |
| 325 | * ''ComicStrip/{{Cathy}}''. Started in November, 1976. |
| 326 | * ''ComicStrip/LifeInHell''. Started in 1977. |
| 327 | * ''ComicStrip/{{Shoe}}''. Started in 1977. |
| 328 | * ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}''. Started in June, 1978. |
| 329 | * ''ComicStrip/ForBetterOrForWorse''. Started in September, 1979. |
| 330 | * ''Webcomic/SupernaturalLaw''. This {{Webcomic}} began as a comic strip titled ''Wolff and Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre'' in 1979. |
| 331 | [[/folder]] |
| 332 | |
| 333 | [[folder:Companies]] |
| 334 | * Creator/ChuckECheese |
| 335 | * Apple Computer got its start during this time too, although it wouldn't be a serious competitor to IBM until the mid-'80s. |
| 336 | * Nike adopted its iconic "swoosh" logo in the closing years of the decade. |
| 337 | * UsefulNotes/McDonalds brought fast food to the masses, introducing breakfast items on its menu for the first time and opening its first foreign restaurants (first [=McDonald's=] in Great Britain in 1974). The Big Mac hamburger (introduced in 1968) first became popular at this time. Ronald [=McDonald=] (who had gotten a classy makeover in 1967 with the now-familiar yellow jumpsuit and striped socks) was joined in [=McDonaldland=] by his friends Birdie, the Hamburglar, the Grimace (originally an octopus-like creature who loved milkshakes) and the Fry Kids. Mayor [=McCheese=] is a relic of this era, nowadays only turning up in parodies. |
| 338 | [[/folder]] |
| 339 | |
| 340 | [[folder:Eastern European Animation]] |
| 341 | * ''Animation/AdventuresOfCaptainVrungel'' |
| 342 | * ''Animation/AdventuresOfMowgli'' |
| 343 | * ''Animation/ThirtyEightParrots'' |
| 344 | * ''Animation/Cinderella1979'' |
| 345 | * ''Animation/FantasticPlanet'' |
| 346 | * ''Animation/FiringRange'' |
| 347 | * ''Animation/FoamBath'' |
| 348 | * ''Animation/{{Gustavus}}'' |
| 349 | * ''Animation/HedgehogInTheFog'' |
| 350 | * ''Animation/HungarianFolkTales'' |
| 351 | * ''Animation/IcarusAndWisemen'' |
| 352 | * ''Animation/IShallGiveYouAStar'' |
| 353 | * ''Animation/ItsJustFashion'' |
| 354 | * ''Animation/KeremAKovetkezot'' |
| 355 | * ''Animation/AKittenNamedWoof'' |
| 356 | * ''Animation/JohnnyCorncob'' |
| 357 | * ''Animation/LeopoldTheCat'' |
| 358 | * ''Literature/LudasMatyi'' |
| 359 | * ''Animation/MalekKhorshid'' |
| 360 | * ''Animation/MezgaCsalad'' |
| 361 | * ''Animation/MrKrbecAndHisAnimals'' |
| 362 | * ''Animation/PatAndMat'' |
| 363 | * ''Animation/PiesekWKratke'' |
| 364 | * ''Animation/PomyslowyDobromir'' |
| 365 | * ''Animation/TheRabbitWithTheCheckeredEars'' |
| 366 | * ''Animation/VizipokCsodapok'' |
| 367 | [[/folder]] |
| 368 | |
| 369 | [[folder:Han-guk Manhwa Aenimeisyeon]] |
| 370 | * ''Animation/RobotTaekwonV'' |
| 371 | [[/folder]] |
| 372 | |
| 373 | [[folder:Magazines]] |
| 374 | * ''High Times''. Started in 1974. |
| 375 | * ''Hustler''. Started in 1974. |
| 376 | * ''Magazine/NationalLampoon''. Started in April, 1970. |
| 377 | * ''Magazine/{{OWL}}''. Started in 1976. |
| 378 | * ''Playgirl''. Started in 1973. |
| 379 | * ''Soldier of Fortune''. Started in 1975. |
| 380 | [[/folder]] |
| 381 | |
| 382 | [[folder:Music genres]] |
| 383 | * {{Disco}} |
| 384 | * GlamRock. Musical style hugely popular in the UK in the 1970s. |
| 385 | * PunkRock |
| 386 | * HeavyMetal was invented in the late 1960s/early 1970s. |
| 387 | * HardRock also flourished in the 1970s, sometimes causing arguments over whether a band was hard rock or heavy metal. |
| 388 | * HipHop was invented in 1973. It was an offshoot of disco. |
| 389 | ** DiscoRap |
| 390 | * SoftRock, on the other hand, ''also'' flourished in the 1970s, especially the {{Soul}}, JazzFusion, and R&B-influenced sub-genre, yacht rock. |
| 391 | [[/folder]] |
| 392 | |
| 393 | [[folder:Pinball]] |
| 394 | * ''Pinball/AirborneAvenger'', 1977. |
| 395 | * ''Pinball/TheAtarians'', 1976. |
| 396 | * ''[[Pinball/CaptainFantastic Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy]]'', 1976. Based on Music/EltonJohn's album and the movie ''Music/{{Tommy}}''. |
| 397 | * ''Pinball/{{Centigrade 37}}'', 1977. |
| 398 | * ''Pinball/EightBall'', 1977. |
| 399 | * ''Pinball/ElDorado'', 1975. |
| 400 | * ''Pinball/EvelKnievel'', 1977. |
| 401 | * ''Pinball/{{Fireball}}'', 1971. |
| 402 | * ''Pinball/{{Flash}}'', 1979. |
| 403 | * ''Pinball/FutureSpa'', 1979. |
| 404 | * ''Pinball/{{Genie}}'', 1979. |
| 405 | * ''Pinball/{{Gorgar}}'', 1979. |
| 406 | * ''Pinball/HarlemGlobetrottersOnTour'', 1979. |
| 407 | * ''Pinball/{{Hercules}}'', 1979. |
| 408 | * ''Pinball/JokerPoker'', 1978. |
| 409 | * ''Pinball/KissBally'', 1979. |
| 410 | * ''Pinball/MataHari'', 1978. |
| 411 | * ''Pinball/{{Meteor}}'', 1979. |
| 412 | * ''Pinball/MiddleEarth'', 1978. |
| 413 | * ''Pinball/{{Paragon}}'', 1979. |
| 414 | * ''Pinball/PlayboyBally'', 1978. |
| 415 | * ''Pinball/{{Sapporo}}'', 1971. |
| 416 | * ''Pinball/{{Sinbad}}'', 1978. |
| 417 | * ''Pinball/TheSixMillionDollarMan'', 1978. |
| 418 | * ''Pinball/SpaceInvaders'', 1979. Based on the hit video game (sorta). |
| 419 | * ''Pinball/SpaceRiders'', 1978. |
| 420 | * ''Pinball/SpiritOf76'', 1976, appropriately enough. |
| 421 | * ''Pinball/StarTrekBally'', 1979. |
| 422 | * ''Pinball/StellarWars'', 1979. |
| 423 | * ''Pinball/{{Superman}}'', 1979. |
| 424 | * ''Pinball/{{Wizard}}'', 1975. |
| 425 | [[/folder]] |
| 426 | |
| 427 | [[folder:Recorded and Stand-Up Comedy]] |
| 428 | * The Firesign Theatre |
| 429 | ** ''AudioPlay/IThinkWereAllBozosOnThisBus'' (1971) |
| 430 | * Creator/JasperCarrott |
| 431 | * Creator/BillyConnolly |
| 432 | * Creator/JimDavidson |
| 433 | * Creator/MikeHarding |
| 434 | * Creator/BernardManning |
| 435 | * Creator/MontyPython |
| 436 | ** ''AudioPlay/AnotherMontyPythonRecord (1971)'' |
| 437 | ** ''AudioPlay/TheMontyPythonMatchingTieAndHandkerchief'' (1973) |
| 438 | ** ''AudioPlay/MontyPythonLiveAtDruryLane'' (1974) |
| 439 | [[/folder]] |
| 440 | |
| 441 | [[folder:Pro Wrestling]] |
| 442 | * Wrestling/AbdullahTheButcher |
| 443 | * Wrestling/ChrisAdams. Debuted in 1978. |
| 444 | * Wrestling/AdrianAdonis. Debuted in 1974. |
| 445 | * Wrestling/GeneralSkandorAkbar. Debuted in the 1960s, became a manager in Texas in 1977. |
| 446 | * Wrestling/CaptainLouAlbano. Started his managing career in 1970. |
| 447 | * Wrestling/AndreTheGiant. Debuted in the 1960s, but made his Japan debut in 1970 and started with the [[Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation AWA]] and Wrestling/{{WWE}} in this decade. |
| 448 | * Wrestling/GiantBaba. Founded Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling in 1972. |
| 449 | * Wrestling/BobBacklund. Debuted in 1973. |
| 450 | * Wrestling/OutlawRonBass. Debuted in 1971. |
| 451 | * Wrestling/PaulBearer. Debuted in 1974. |
| 452 | * Wrestling/BrutusBeefcake. Debuted in 1977. |
| 453 | * Wrestling/JerryBlackwell. Debuted in 1974. |
| 454 | * Wrestling/FreddieBlassie. Started his managerial career in this decade. |
| 455 | * Wrestling/BoboBrazil |
| 456 | * Wrestling/BruiserBrody . Debuted in 1973. |
| 457 | * Wrestling/HaystacksCalhoun |
| 458 | * Wrestling/RikiChoshu. Debuted in 1974. |
| 459 | * [[Wrestling/AllenCoage Allen Coage[=/=]Bad News Allen[=/=]Bad News Brown]]. Debuted in 1977. |
| 460 | * Wrestling/TheCrusher |
| 461 | * Wrestling/TedDiBiase. Debuted in 1975. |
| 462 | * Wrestling/DickTheBruiser |
| 463 | * Wrestling/JamesJDillon |
| 464 | * Wrestling/DynamiteKid. Debuted in 1975. |
| 465 | * Wrestling/PaulEllering. Debuted in 1978 as a wrestler. |
| 466 | * Wrestling/TheFabulousMoolah |
| 467 | * Wrestling/JackieFargo |
| 468 | * [[Wrestling/EdFarhat Ed "The Sheik" Farhat]]. |
| 469 | * Wrestling/HowardFinkel. Debuted in 1975. |
| 470 | * Wrestling/PamperoFirpo |
| 471 | * Wrestling/RicFlair. Debuted in 1972. |
| 472 | * Wrestling/TatsumiFujinami. Debuted in 1971. |
| 473 | * Wrestling/DoryFunkJr |
| 474 | * Wrestling/TerryFunk. Debuted in 1965, became one of the top wrestlers in the world in the 1970s. |
| 475 | * [[Wrestling/GiantHaystacks Giant Haystacks[=/=]Loch Ness]] |
| 476 | * Wrestling/KarlGotch |
| 477 | * [[Wrestling/SuperstarBillyGraham "Superstar" Billy Graham]]. Debuted in 1970. |
| 478 | * Wrestling/EddieGraham. |
| 479 | * Wrestling/TheGrandWizard |
| 480 | * Wrestling/StanHansen. Debuted in 1973. |
| 481 | * Wrestling/JimmyHart. Debuted in 1974. |
| 482 | * Wrestling/BobbyHeenan. A top manager for the Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation throughout the 1970s. |
| 483 | * Wrestling/HerculesHernandez: Debuted in 1979. |
| 484 | * Wrestling/HulkHogan. Debuted in 1977. |
| 485 | * Wrestling/HonkyTonkMan. Debuted in 1978. |
| 486 | * Wrestling/SirOliverHumperdink. Debuted in 1973. |
| 487 | * Wrestling/KingCurtisIaukea |
| 488 | * Wrestling/AntonioInoki. Became popular in the 1970s. |
| 489 | * Wrestling/TheIronSheik. Debuted in 1972. |
| 490 | * Wrestling/RockyJohnson |
| 491 | * Wrestling/PaulJones |
| 492 | * Wrestling/JunkyardDog. Debuted in 1977. |
| 493 | * Wrestling/LeilaniKai. Debuted in 1975. |
| 494 | * Wrestling/{{Kamala}}. Debuted in 1974. |
| 495 | * Wrestling/KillerKhan. Debuted in 1973. |
| 496 | * Wrestling/IvanKoloff |
| 497 | * Wrestling/JerryLawler. Debuted in 1970. |
| 498 | * Wrestling/MarkLewin |
| 499 | * Wrestling/RickMartel. Debuted in 1972. |
| 500 | * Wrestling/ChiefWahooMcDaniel |
| 501 | * Wrestling/VinceMcMahon. Debuted in 1969, took on lead announcer role in 1971. |
| 502 | * Wrestling/{{Meng}}. Started as Prince Tonga in 1978. |
| 503 | * [[Wrestling/MissingLink The Missing Link]]. |
| 504 | * Wrestling/MrFuji |
| 505 | * Wrestling/GorillaMonsoon |
| 506 | * Wrestling/PedroMorales |
| 507 | * Wrestling/DonMuraco. Debuted in 1970. |
| 508 | * Wrestling/MeanGeneOkerlund. Debuted in 1970. |
| 509 | * Wrestling/TheOneManGang. Debuted in 1977. |
| 510 | * Wrestling/PaulOrndorff. Debuted in 1976. |
| 511 | * Wrestling/BobOrtonJr. Debuted in 1972. |
| 512 | * Wrestling/IcemanKingParsons. Debuted in 1979. |
| 513 | * Wrestling/KenPatera. Debuted in 1973. |
| 514 | * Wrestling/RoddyPiper. Debuted in 1969, first made his name in the Mid-Atlantic and Los Angeles territories in the 1970s. |
| 515 | * Wrestling/LannyPoffo. Debuted in 1973. |
| 516 | * Wrestling/HarleyRace |
| 517 | * Wrestling/DustyRhodes |
| 518 | * Wrestling/JakeRoberts. Debuted in 1975. |
| 519 | * Wrestling/AntoninoRocca |
| 520 | * Wrestling/JohnnyRodz |
| 521 | * Wrestling/PlayboyBuddyRose. Debuted in 1973. |
| 522 | * Wrestling/JimRoss. Debuted as a referee in 1974. |
| 523 | * Wrestling/JacquesRougeau. Debuted in 1977. |
| 524 | * Wrestling/TitoSantana. Debuted in 1977. |
| 525 | * Wrestling/RandySavage. Debuted in 1973. |
| 526 | * Wrestling/LarrySharpe. Debuted in 1974. |
| 527 | * Wrestling/IronMikeSharpe. Debuted in 1977. |
| 528 | * Wrestling/SgtSlaughter. Debuted in 1972. |
| 529 | * Wrestling/DaveyBoySmith. Debuted in 1978. |
| 530 | * Wrestling/JimmySnuka. Debuted in 1969. |
| 531 | * Wrestling/GordonSolie |
| 532 | * Wrestling/StanStasiak |
| 533 | * Wrestling/RickySteamboat. Debuted in 1976. |
| 534 | * Wrestling/GeorgeSteele |
| 535 | * Wrestling/ExoticAdrianStreet |
| 536 | * Wrestling/BigJohnStudd. Debuted in 1972. |
| 537 | * Wrestling/KevinSullivan. Debuted in 1970. |
| 538 | * Wrestling/GenichiroTenryu. Debuted in 1976. |
| 539 | * Wrestling/LouThesz. His last decade as a regular competitor. |
| 540 | * Wrestling/JumboTsuruta. Debuted in 1973. |
| 541 | * Wrestling/UncleElmer |
| 542 | * Wrestling/GregValentine. Debuted in 1970. |
| 543 | * Wrestling/JesseVentura. Debuted in 1975. |
| 544 | * Wrestling/NikolaiVolkoff |
| 545 | * Wrestling/KokoBWare. Debuted in 1978. |
| 546 | * Wrestling/BorisZhukov. Debuted in 1978. |
| 547 | * Wrestling/TheBlackjacks. Team formed in 1973. |
| 548 | * Wrestling/TheBushwhackers |
| 549 | * Wrestling/TheFabulousKangaroos |
| 550 | * Wrestling/VonErichFamily. Kerry, Kevin and David all debuted during this decade. |
| 551 | * Wrestling/TheWildSamoans. Debuted in 1973. |
| 552 | * Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling. Established in 1972. |
| 553 | * Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling. Established in 1972. |
| 554 | * Wrestling/{{WWE}}. Became the World Wrestling Federation in 1979, a name they will be known for until May 2002. |
| 555 | [[/folder]] |
| 556 | |
| 557 | [[folder:Radio]] |
| 558 | * ''Radio/CarTalk''. Began on local UsefulNotes/{{Boston}} radio in 1977. |
| 559 | * ''Radio/CBSRadioMysteryTheater''. Began in 1974. |
| 560 | * ''Radio/TheFoundationTrilogy''. Aired in 1973. |
| 561 | * ''Manga/Phoenix1954'' |
| 562 | * ''Radio/APrairieHomeCompanion''. Began in 1974. |
| 563 | * ''Radio/RoyalCanadianAirFarce''. Began in 1973. |
| 564 | [[/folder]] |
| 565 | |
| 566 | [[folder:Rides and Attractions]] |
| 567 | * ''Ride/AmericaSings''. Opened in 1974. |
| 568 | * ''Theatre/AnimalActors''. Opened in 1970. |
| 569 | * ''Ride/BigThunderMountainRailroad''. Opened in 1979. |
| 570 | * ''Ride/CountryBearJamboree''. Opened in 1971. |
| 571 | * ''Ride/SpaceMountain''. Opened in 1975. |
| 572 | [[/folder]] |
| 573 | |
| 574 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 575 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Arduin}}'' (1977) |
| 576 | * ''TabletopGame/TheCreatureThatAteSheboygan'' (1979) |
| 577 | * ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' (1974) |
| 578 | ** ''TabletopGame/OriginalDungeonsAndDragons'' (1974-1976) |
| 579 | ** ''TabletopGame/BasicDungeonsAndDragons'' (1976-1991) |
| 580 | ** ''TabletopGame/AdvancedDungeonsAndDragons1stEdition'' (1977-1985) |
| 581 | * ''TabletopGame/EmpireOfThePetalThrone (Tékumel)'' (1975) |
| 582 | * ''TabletopGame/TheFantasyTrip'' (1977) |
| 583 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}'' (1977) |
| 584 | * ''TabletopGame/RuneQuest'' (1978) |
| 585 | [[/folder]] |
| 586 | |
| 587 | [[folder:Theme Parks]] |
| 588 | * Ride/ActionPark opened in 1978. |
| 589 | * [[Ride/BuschGardens Busch Gardens: The Old Country]] (later renamed Busch Gardens Williamsburg) opened on May 16, 1975. |
| 590 | * [[Ride/SeaWorld [=SeaWorld=] Orlando]] opened in 1973. |
| 591 | * [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Walt Disney World]] opened on October 1, 1971. |
| 592 | [[/folder]] |
| 593 | |
| 594 | [[folder:Toys]] |
| 595 | * Toys/{{Micronauts}}. Toyline launched in 1976. |
| 596 | * Toys/StretchArmstrong. Toyline launched in 1976. |
| 597 | [[/folder]] |
| 598 | |
| 599 | !!Works that are set (but not made) in this time period are: |
| 600 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 601 | |
| 602 | [[folder:Anime and Manga]] |
| 603 | * ''Manga/CopernicusBreathing'' |
| 604 | * ''Manga/ShouwaGenrokuRakugoShinjuu'' |
| 605 | * As mentioned below, xxAbarenbou Kishi!! Matsutarou'' is based on a '70s manga but was animated over 40 years later. |
| 606 | [[/folder]] |
| 607 | |
| 608 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 609 | * The ''ComicBook/AstroCity'' story arc "The Dark Age" is largely set in the '70s, with the suspicion and cynicism in society playing a big part in the narrative. The story begins in the late '60s and ends in the early '80s. It also includes thematic elements from '70s movies such as ''Film/TheGodfather, Film/{{Serpico}},'' and assorted martial-arts films. |
| 610 | * ''ComicBook/FantasticFourLifeStory'': The second part of the 2021 mini-series is set throughout the decade. |
| 611 | * The final issues of the 1980s series ''The New Adventures of ComicBook/{{Superboy}}'' suggested that Smallville had finally [[ComicBookTime reached]] the 1970s. The remainder of the book's run saw a plot (unfinished thanks to the book's cancellation) about Smallville's businesses, including the Kents' general store, being threatened by the construction (under shady circumstances) of its first shopping mall. The last issue of the run also sees ComicBook/LanaLang ask Clark to go with her to see a concert by the Music/{{Carpenters}}. Shortly after the title's cancellation, 1985's ''Superman: The Secret Years'' (a miniseries telling how Superboy finally changed his name to ComicBook/{{Superman}}) had a flashback to Clark's final year of high school, explicitly set in the early '70s. The miniseries itself sees a college-age Clark asked by a roommate to go with him to see the "new Creator/WoodyAllen film" ''Film/AnnieHall''. |
| 612 | * ''ComicBook/BeKindMyNeighbor'' is set in 1973 and is drawn in a heavily 70s-inspired psychedelic style. It also deals with topics like psychedelic drugs, free love, and cults. |
| 613 | * ''ComicBook/{{Bookhunter}}'' (published in the mid 2000s) is set in 1973--in an alternate universe where books and libraries are SeriousBusiness. |
| 614 | * The story of ''ComicBook/{{Persepolis}}'' (published 2000–2004) begins in the 1970s, continuing into the '80s and '90s. |
| 615 | * The ''ComicBook/SunnySeries'' starts in August 1976 and progresses through the latter half of the decade. |
| 616 | * The second part of ''ComicBook/SpiderManLifeStory'' (published in 2019) is set in 1977--in an AlternateTimeline where UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar is still going. |
| 617 | * ''ComicBook/StrayBullets'' |
| 618 | * ''ComicBook/SunnySideUp'', published in 2015, takes place in the 1976 and serves as a fictionalized {{Autobiography}} of its author, Jennifer L. Holm. Its sequel, ''ComicBook/SwingItSunny'', was published in 2017 and still takes place in 1976. |
| 619 | * ''ComicBook/WonderWoman77''. Published from 2015 to 2016 but set in the later half of the seventies. |
| 620 | * ''ComicBook/WonderWomanBlackAndGold'': "Espionage" was published in 2021 and takes in place in 1970. |
| 621 | [[/folder]] |
| 622 | |
| 623 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 624 | * The ''Franchise/MarvelUniverse'' story ''Fanfic/FireDarkMark'' is set in 1973. |
| 625 | * ''Fanfic/TheRodSquad'' transfers ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' ten years into the past with all that comes with it from Gadget's platform shoes to Chip's [[CostumeExaggeration necktie that's so wide it doubles as a surfboard]] to [[BlaxploitationParody Dale and]] [[Film/FoxyBrown Foxy Glove's]] {{Funny Afro}}s to a {{funk}} soundtrack to [[UnusualEuphemism boogeying]] everywhere in a [[ThemeMobile dune buggy]] to the backlash against {{disco}} that becomes the Rod Squad's case. It helps that the author is old enough to have experienced the '70s himself. |
| 626 | * ''Fanfic/SomethingNew'': The beginning of this ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' fanfic takes place in the late '70s (1977-79) while the rest takes place in TheEighties. |
| 627 | [[/folder]] |
| 628 | |
| 629 | [[folder:Films — Live-Action]] |
| 630 | * ''Film/TwentiethCenturyWomen'': Made in 2016, set in 1979. |
| 631 | * ''Film/FiftyFour'': Made in 1998, story stars off in 1979. |
| 632 | * ''Film/SeventyOne'' |
| 633 | * ''Film/{{Ali}}'': Made in 2004, set from 1964-1974. |
| 634 | * ''Film/AllEyezOnMe'': 2017 {{Biopic}} about Music/TupacShakur, flashbacks to his childhood set in this decade. |
| 635 | * ''Film/AlmostFamous'': Made in 2000, set mostly in 1973 plus the epilogue in 1974. |
| 636 | * ''Film/AmericanGangster'' |
| 637 | * ''Film/AmericanHustle'' |
| 638 | * ''Film/TheAmityvilleHorror2005'': Made in 2005, set in 1975 plus a prologue in 1974. |
| 639 | * ''Film/AnchormanTheLegendOfRonBurgundy'' |
| 640 | * ''Film/Apollo13'' |
| 641 | * ''Film/{{Argo}}'': Made in 2012, film begins in 1979. |
| 642 | * ''Film/TheAssassinationOfRichardNixon'': Made in 2004, set mostly in 1972-1973. |
| 643 | * ''Film/AugustInTheCity'': August and Clem were secretly dating in 1978. It was made in 2016. |
| 644 | * ''Film/AvengersEndgame'': Made in 2019, [[ComicBook/IronMan two]] [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica of]] the main protagonists briefly {{time travel}}ed to 1970. |
| 645 | * ''Film/TheBaaderMeinhofComplex'' |
| 646 | * ''Film/Bat21'' |
| 647 | * ''Film/BattleOfTheSexes'': 2017 Billie Jean King {{Biopic}} set from 1970-1973. |
| 648 | * ''Film/BehindTheCandelabra'': Made in 2013, story starts off in 1977. |
| 649 | * ''Film/BlackChristmas2006'': Parts of the prologue takes place in 1970 and 1975. |
| 650 | * ''Film/BlackDynamite'' |
| 651 | * ''Film/BlacKkKlansman'': Made in 2018, set in 1972. |
| 652 | * ''Film/BlackMass'': Made in 2015, set in 1975. |
| 653 | * ''Film/BlastFromThePast'': The second quarter of the film shows TheHero's childhood while growing up in an underground shelter since his birth in 1962/1963. |
| 654 | * ''Film/{{Blow}}'': Made in 2001, part of the story takes place in 1976. |
| 655 | * ''Film/BobMarleyOneLove'': Made in 2023, takes places from the mid-1970s to 1981. |
| 656 | * ''Film/BohemianRhapsody'': Made in 2018, first half of the film set from 1970-1977. |
| 657 | * ''Film/BoogieNights'': Made in 1997, story begins in 1977. |
| 658 | * ''Film/TheBox'': Filmed in 2007 (released in 2008), the story is set over Christmas 1976. |
| 659 | * ''Film/BreakfastOnPluto'' |
| 660 | * ''Film/BreakingTheWaves'': Released in 1996, set in an unspecified point in the 1970s. |
| 661 | * ''Film/{{Bronson}}'': Made in 2008, set mostly in 1974. |
| 662 | * ''Film/TheButler'': Made in 2013, part of the film happens during UsefulNotes/RichardNixon's presidency. |
| 663 | * ''Film/CaptainMarvel2019'': Made in 2019 and set in 1995, but flashbacks to the eponymous protagonist's early teenage years set in the early parts of this decade. |
| 664 | * ''Film/CarlitosWay'': Made in 1993, set in 1975. |
| 665 | * The first half of ''Film/{{Casino}}''. |
| 666 | * ''Film/{{Chappaquiddick}}'': 2017 UsefulNotes/TedKennedy {{Biopic}}. |
| 667 | * ''Film/Christine2016'' |
| 668 | * ''Film/CityOfGod'': Made in 2002, middle part set in this decade. |
| 669 | * ''Film/{{Click}}'': Made and set in 2006, the protagonist travels back to his childhood set in this decade. |
| 670 | * ''Film/TheColony2016'' is about Pinochet's dictatorship and the infamous [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_Baviera Colonia Dignidad]]. |
| 671 | * ''Film/TheColorOfFriendship'': Made in 2000, set in 1977. |
| 672 | * ''Film/TheConjuringUniverse'' |
| 673 | ** ''Film/TheConjuring'': Made in 2013, set in 1971. |
| 674 | ** ''Film/TheConjuring2'': Made in 2016, set in 1977. |
| 675 | * ''Film/{{Control}}'': 2007 {{Biopic}} of Music/JoyDivision front man Ian Curtis, the story starts off in 1975. |
| 676 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Coonskin}}'' |
| 677 | * ''Film/{{Crooklyn}}'': Made in 1994, set in 1973. |
| 678 | * ''Film/{{Cruella}}'': 2021 prequel of the 1996 film ''[[Film/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians1996 101 Dalmatians]]'' and its [[Film/OneHundredAndTwoDalmatians 2000 sequel]]. |
| 679 | * ''Film/TheCurseOfLaLlorona'': Made in 2019, set in 1973. |
| 680 | * ''Film/CurseOfTheZodiac'' |
| 681 | * ''Film/TheDiaryOfATeenageGirl'': Released in 2015, set in 1976. |
| 682 | * ''Film/DarkShadows'' |
| 683 | * ''Film/DazedAndConfused'' |
| 684 | * ''Film/TheDebt'' parts of the film take place in 1970. |
| 685 | * ''Film/DetroitRockCity'' |
| 686 | * ''Film/{{Dick}}'' |
| 687 | * ''Film/TheDirt'': 2019 {{Biopic}} of Music/MotleyCrue, story begins during Nikki Sixx's teenage years in 1973. |
| 688 | * ''Film/DolemiteIsMyName'': 2019 film about the creation of the 1975 film ''Film/{{Dolemite}}''. |
| 689 | * ''Film/DonnieBrasco'' |
| 690 | * The second half of ''Film/{{The Doors|1991}}'', concluding with Jim Morrison's death in 1971. |
| 691 | * The second half of ''Theatre/{{Dreamgirls}}'' |
| 692 | * ''Theatre/DrivingMissDaisy'': Made in 1989, final arc of the film takes place from 1971-1973. |
| 693 | * ''Film/DukeOfGroove'': 1996 film set in 1969-1970. |
| 694 | * ''Film/EddieTheEagle'': 2016 Michael Edwards {{biopic}}; while it includes his upbringing (he started skiing at age 13 in the mid-70s), the key events took place in 1988. |
| 695 | * ''Film/Elvis2022'': 2022 Music/ElvisPresley {{Biopic}} set in 1997 with a FramingDevice that tackles events from 1947-1977. |
| 696 | * The made-for-TV movie ''Elvis Meets Nixon'' comically imagined the events leading up to the meeting of two major players from TheFifties who fell off the radar in TheSixties only to get big again at decade's end. |
| 697 | * ''Film/TheEmperorsClub'': Made in 2002, the story kicks off in 1972. |
| 698 | * ''Film/EndOfDays'': Made and set in 1999, prologue set in 1979. |
| 699 | * ''Film/EverybodyWantsSome'' |
| 700 | * ''Film/TheEyesOfTammyFaye'': 2021 Tammy Faye Messner {{Biopic}}. |
| 701 | * ''Film/{{Fandango}}'': Made in 1985, set in 1971. |
| 702 | * ''Literature/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas'': 1998 film set in 1971. |
| 703 | * ''Film/FearStreet Part Two: 1978'': Made in 2021, set in 1978. |
| 704 | * ''Film/FloatLikeAButterfly'': Made in 2018, most set in July 1972. |
| 705 | * ''Film/ForrestGump'': Made in 1995 and set in 1981, the eponymous protagonist tackles what he did during this decade. |
| 706 | * ''Film/TheFounder'': 2016 {{Biopic}} about UsefulNotes/McDonalds, the story concludes in 1970. |
| 707 | * ''Film/FreeFire2017'' |
| 708 | * ''Film/FrostNixon'' |
| 709 | * ''Film/AFutileAndStupidGesture'': Made in 2018, set from 1964 to 1980. |
| 710 | * ''Film/GetOnUp'': Made in 2014, part of the film takes place in 1973. |
| 711 | * ''Film/{{Golda}}'': Made in 2023, set mostly in 1973 with a 1974 FramingDevice and an ending in 1978. |
| 712 | * ''Film/{{Goodfellas}}'': Made in 1990, film set from 1955-1980. |
| 713 | * ''Film/{{Gotti}}'': 2018 John Gotti {{Biopic}}. |
| 714 | * ''The Hanoi Hilton'' (partially). |
| 715 | * ''WesternAnimation/HeavyTraffic'' |
| 716 | * ''Film/{{Hoffa}}'': 1992 UsefulNotes/JimmyHoffa {{Biopic}}. |
| 717 | * ''Film/HouseOf1000Corpses'' |
| 718 | ** ''Film/TheDevilsRejects'' |
| 719 | * ''Film/{{Hulk}}'': Made in 2003, large part of the prologue takes place in 1971. |
| 720 | * ''Film/HunkyDory'' takes place during the summer of 1976, and the characters perform cover versions of famous GlamRock songs. |
| 721 | * ''Film/ITonya'': Made in 2017, the film gives the eponymous protagonist AMinorKidroduction set in the middle part of the decade. |
| 722 | * ''Film/TheIceStorm'' |
| 723 | * ''Film/InherentVice'': Made in 2014, set in 1970. |
| 724 | * ''Film/{{Invincible|2006}}'' (not related to [[ComicBook/{{Invincible}} the comic]]) |
| 725 | * ''Film/TheIrishman'': 2019 Frank Sheeran {{Biopic}}. |
| 726 | * ''Film/TheIronClaw'': 2023 Wrestling/VonErichFamily {{Biopic}} mainly set from 1979-1993, with the epilogue set sometime after Kevin Von Erich's retirement in 1995. |
| 727 | * ''Film/ItTheTerrorFromBeyondSpace'' is a 1958 sci-fi film set in the future year of 1978. |
| 728 | * ''Film/JacobsLadder'': Made in 1990, set in 1971. |
| 729 | * ''Film/JEdgar'': Final arc of the film set during UsefulNotes/RichardNixon's presidency. |
| 730 | * ''Film/{{Jobs}}'': Made in 2013, the story kicks off in 1974 during UsefulNotes/SteveJobs' time in college. |
| 731 | * ''Film/TheKillingFields'' |
| 732 | * ''Film/KnifeAndHeart'': Made in 2018, set in 1979. |
| 733 | * ''Film/KongSkullIsland'': Made in 2017, set in 1973. |
| 734 | * ''Film/TheLastBusHome'': 1997 film that begins in 1979. |
| 735 | * ''Film/TheLastKingOfScotland'' |
| 736 | * ''Film/LateNightWithTheDevil'': The movie was filmed in 2022; Jack's career takes place over the 1970s. It begins in 1971, and the night in question is Halloween, 1977. |
| 737 | * ''Film/LicoricePizza'': Made in 2021, set during this decade. |
| 738 | * ''Film/TheLifeAndDeathOfPeterSellers'': 2004 Creator/PeterSellers {{Biopic}}. |
| 739 | * ''Film/LordsOfDogtown'' |
| 740 | * ''Film/{{Lovelace}}'': Made in 2013, set mostly in this decade. |
| 741 | * ''Film/TheLovelyBones'': Made in 2009, set in late 1973. |
| 742 | * ''Film/MadameWeb2024'': Made in 2024, starts in 1973 before skipping to 2003. |
| 743 | * ''Film/MagicBeyondWordsTheJKRowlingStory'': 2011 Creator/JKRowling {{Biopic}} detailing her childhood up to the release of [[Film/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone the first]] ''Film/HarryPotter'' movie in 2001. |
| 744 | * ''Film/MammaMiaHereWeGoAgain'': Made in 2018, half of the story takes place in 1979. |
| 745 | * ''Film/ManOnWire'' is about daredevil tightrope walker Philippe Petit, who walked (and ran, and danced) on a wire strung between the two towers of the World Trade Center in 1974. |
| 746 | * ''Film/TheManySaintsOfNewark'': 2021 film set from 1967-1972. |
| 747 | * ''Film/{{Mask|1985}}'': Made in 1985, set in 1978. |
| 748 | * ''Film/TheMightyMacs'': Filmed in 2007 but not released until 2009; set in the early 1970s, starting with Cathy Rush's 1971 hiring as head women's basketball coach at Immaculata College (now "University") and ending with the college's first national championship in 1972. |
| 749 | * ''Film/{{Milk}}'' |
| 750 | * ''Film/{{Miracle}}'': Herb Brooks {{Biopic}} set during the buildup in 1979 to the actual eponymous game at the 1980 Winter Olympics. |
| 751 | * ''Literature/MommieDearest'': TheFilmOfTheBook was made in 1981 and concludes with Creator/JoanCrawford's death in 1977. |
| 752 | * ''Film/{{Munich}}'' |
| 753 | * ''Film/MyGirl'' |
| 754 | ** ''Film/MyGirl2'' |
| 755 | * ''Film/TheNiceGuys'' |
| 756 | * ''Film/{{Nixon}}'' |
| 757 | * ''Film/NowAndThen'' |
| 758 | * ''Film/OnTheBasisOfSex'': 2018 biopic of [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg Ruth Bader Ginsburg]]. |
| 759 | * ''Film/OnceUponATimeInHighSchool'': 2004 film set in 1978. |
| 760 | * ''Film/PattyHearst'' |
| 761 | * ''Film/PawnSacrifice'': 2014 biopic of Bobby Fischer, leading up to the 1972 World Chess Championship. |
| 762 | * ''Film/ThePeopleVsLarryFlynt'': Made in 1996, the second act of the film takes place from 1975-1978. |
| 763 | * ''Film/PetesDragon2016'': Made in 2016, prologue set in 1977. |
| 764 | * ''Film/{{Poltergay}}'': Starts in 1979, and features the ghosts of five '70s gay French party animals. |
| 765 | * ''Film/ThePost'' |
| 766 | * ''Literature/PubertyBlues'' |
| 767 | * ''Film/{{Radio}}'' |
| 768 | * ''Film/RememberTheTitans'' |
| 769 | * ''Film/RidingInCarsWithBoys'': Made in 2001, the middle of the film is set from 1972-1974. |
| 770 | * ''Film/TheRiseAndFallOfIdiAmin'': Made in 1981, set from 1971 to 1979. |
| 771 | * ''Film/{{Rocketman 2019}}'': A 2019 Music/EltonJohn biopic. |
| 772 | * ''Film/RollBounce'' |
| 773 | * ''Film/{{Roma}}'': Made in 2018, set from 1970-1971. |
| 774 | * ''Film/{{Rovdyr}}'' |
| 775 | * ''Film/TheRunaways'' |
| 776 | * ''Film/Rush2013'' |
| 777 | * ''Film/SaintLaurent'': Made in 2014, primarily takes place from 1971-76. |
| 778 | * ''Film/ScotlandPA'' |
| 779 | * ''Film/SeasonOfMiracles'': Made in 2013, mostly set in 1974. |
| 780 | * ''Film/{{Secretariat}}'': Made in 2010, mostly set from 1972-1973. |
| 781 | * ''Film/SemiPro'': Few things are more emblematic of the '70s than white guys with afros playing ABA basketball. |
| 782 | * ''Film/{{Shazam 2019}}'': Made and set in 2019, prologue set in 1974. |
| 783 | * ''Film/{{Silkwood}}'': Made in 1983, set in 1974. |
| 784 | * ''Film/SouthernComfort'' |
| 785 | * ''Film/SpaceJam''': Made in 1996 and set mostly before UsefulNotes/MichaelJordan's NBA comeback in 1995, but not before getting AMinorKidroduction in 1973. |
| 786 | * ''Film/TheSpiritOf76'': Made in 1990, set in 1976. Claims to be the first '70s retro movie. |
| 787 | * ''Film/SummerOfSam'' |
| 788 | * ''Film/Super8'' |
| 789 | * ''Film/Suspiria2018'': Made in 2018, set in 1977. |
| 790 | * ''Film/SwingingSafari'' |
| 791 | * ''Film/TerminatorGenisys'': A flashback happens to the murder of Sarah Connor's parents in an altered 1973. |
| 792 | * ''Film/TheTheoryOfEverything'': The second quarter of the film takes place in this decade, particularly the birth of Creator/StephenHawking's younger children in 1970 and 1979. |
| 793 | * ''Film/TickTickBoom'': 2021 film set in 1990 and 1992, with flashbacks to 1968 and 1975. |
| 794 | * ''Film/TinkerTailorSoldierSpy2011'' |
| 795 | * ''Film/{{Together}}'': Made in 2000, set in 1975. |
| 796 | * ''Film/TheTrialOfTheChicago7'': 2020 film set from 1968-1970. |
| 797 | * ''Troop Zero'': Made in 2020, set in 1974. |
| 798 | * ''Film/{{Trumbo}}'': Made in 2015 and set mostly in TheFifties and TheSixties, but the film concludes in 1970. |
| 799 | * ''Film/{{Unbreakable}}'': A flashback is set in 1974 showing the BigBad's childhood. |
| 800 | * ''Film/UncleFrank'': 2020 film set in 1973. |
| 801 | * ''Film/VelvetGoldmine'' (partially) |
| 802 | * ''Film/{{Vice 2018}}'': Made in 2018 and set from 2001-2009, plus a flashback during UsefulNotes/RichardNixon's reign. |
| 803 | * ''Vysotsky. Thank You for Living'' is a very good recreation of Soviet Seventees. |
| 804 | * ''Film/TheWalk'': Made in 2015 and is a fictional account of Philippe Petit's famed walk between the Twin Towers in 1974. |
| 805 | * ''Film/{{Watchmen}}'': Made in 2009 and is set in 1985, but the flashback of the titular group's official dissolution happens during UsefulNotes/RichardNixon's presidency. |
| 806 | * ''Film/WeAreMarshall'': 2006 film set in 1971, depicting Marshall University rebuilding their football team following the tragic plane crash that killed the previous team the year prior. |
| 807 | * ''Film/WhenHarryMetSally'': Prologue set in 1977. |
| 808 | * Part of ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' takes place in 1973, complete with the PornStache, UsefulNotes/RichardNixon, bell-bottoms and polyester. |
| 809 | * Most of ''Youth2017'' is set in 1970s China. |
| 810 | * ''Film/{{Zodiac|2007}}''. |
| 811 | [[/folder]] |
| 812 | |
| 813 | [[folder:Films-Animation]] |
| 814 | * ''WesternAnimation/MinionsTheRiseOfGru'' is set in 1976 |
| 815 | [[/folder]] |
| 816 | |
| 817 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 818 | * ''Literature/TheAdventuresOfStefonRudel'': Takes place in an alternate version of 1970. |
| 819 | * The Julie Albright stories of ''Literature/AmericanGirl'' are set in San Francisco in 1974 (as well as the video games ''Julie Finds a Way'' for Nintendo DS and ''Julie Saves the Eagles'', a PC CD-ROM game). |
| 820 | * ''Literature/AmericanPastoral'': Made in 1997, set mostly from 1947-1970. |
| 821 | * ''Literature/AreYouThereGodItsMeMargaret''; both the book and [[Film/AreYouThereGodItsMeMargaret the film]] are set in 1970. |
| 822 | * ''[[http://www.amazon.com/Big-Book-70s-Factoid-Books/dp/1563896710 The Big Book Of The 70s]]'' (referred to as "the decade where nothing happened", although the chapter on the birth of terrorism is particularly [[HarsherInHindsight harsh in hindsight]]) |
| 823 | * ''Daisy Jones And The Six'': Made in 2019, set mostly in 1970-78. |
| 824 | * ''Literature/DancingAztecs'': Made and written during the time period. |
| 825 | * A great deal of ''Literature/TheDarkTower'' series by Creator/StephenKing. |
| 826 | * ''Literature/Dekada70'', from the {{UsefulNotes/Philippines}}, which—per its title—covers most of the decade, defined in that country by the Martial Law regime of Ferdinand Marcos (also applies for [[TheFilmOfTheBook the movie adaptation]]). |
| 827 | * ''[[Literature/TheAnderssons Fyra systrar]]'' by Solveig Olsson-Hultgren. |
| 828 | * The unnamed ''Literature/HarryPotter'' prequel, which takes place three years before Harry's birth, thus was set in 1977. |
| 829 | * ''Literature/IThinkILoveYou'': The first half is set in 1974. |
| 830 | * ''Literature/TheKiteRunner'': The first part of the book takes place in early 1970s' Kabul and transitions into the second part when the [[UsefulNotes/SovietInvasionOfAfghanistan Soviets invade Afghnistan]]. |
| 831 | * ''Literature/ListOfTheLost'': Made in 2015, set during an unspecified time in the '70s. |
| 832 | * ''Literature/TheLostHonourOfKatharinaBlum''. |
| 833 | * ''Literature/TheLovelyBones'': Made in 2002, set in late 1973. |
| 834 | * ''Literature/{{Ravensong}}'': The epilogue is set twenty-five years after 1954, a.k.a in 1979. |
| 835 | * ''Literature/{{Replay}}'' - spans 25 years. [[GroundhogDayLoop Several times.]] |
| 836 | * ''Literature/StrangerThingsDarknessOnTheEdgeOfTown'': The main story is set in July 1977. |
| 837 | * ''Literature/TheVirginSuicides'': Made in 1993, set in the middle of the decade. |
| 838 | * ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': Multiple stories: |
| 839 | ** ''[[http://whateleyacademy.net/index.php/original-timeline/101-the-island-of-dr-dna The Island of Dr. DNA]]'' Has a scene set on April 27th, 1974. |
| 840 | ** ''[[http://whateleyacademy.net/index.php/9-original-canon/273-wednesday-morning-5am Wednesday Morning, 5AM]]'' has scenes set in 1975-6. |
| 841 | [[/folder]] |
| 842 | |
| 843 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 844 | * ''Series/AmericanHorrorStory1984'': Made in 2019 and set in the titular year, but the prologue is set in 1970. |
| 845 | * ''Franchise/{{Arrowverse}}'': |
| 846 | ** ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'': The first time period the titular group [[TimeTravel traveled]] to was 1975. They returned to this decade twice several episodes later; first in 1972 to prevent one of their members from being [[RetGone erased from existence]], then back to 1975 in the SeasonFinale in an effort to kill the first season BigBad. |
| 847 | ** ''Series/Supergirl2015'': The prologue is set during Krypton's explosion in 1979. |
| 848 | * ''Series/{{Charmed 1998}}'': Flashbacks to the death of the eponymous Charmed Ones' mother is specifically set in February 28, 1978. |
| 849 | * ''Series/Candy2022'': 2022 Candy Montgomery {{Biopic}} set from 1978-1980. |
| 850 | * ''Series/CobraKai'': Flashbacks to Johnny Lawrence's chaildhood set during the decade. |
| 851 | * ''Series/TheContinental'': 2023 miniseries set in an alternate 1970s New York amidst the Garbage Strike. |
| 852 | * ''Series/{{Creepshow}}'': In "[[Recap/CreepshowS2E2PublicTelevisionOfTheDead Public Television Of The Dead]]" going by the dress/hairstyles (especially Claudia's afro and bellbottoms) plus Norm being a Vietnam veteran, this is most likely set in the early to mid 70s. |
| 853 | * ''Series/TheCrowdedRoom'': Made in 2023, set 1979. |
| 854 | * ''Series/TheCrown2016'': The third season ends in 1977 during Queen Elizabeth's Silver Jubilee, while the fourth season opens in 1979. |
| 855 | * ''Series/DahmerMonsterTheJeffreyDahmerStory'': Though Dahmer was born in 1960, the earliest flashbacks show him as a TroubledTeen and young adult in the early/mid-1970s. |
| 856 | * The bulk of ''Series/DaisyJonesAndTheSix'' is set in 1970s Los Angeles and focuses on the music scene at the time. |
| 857 | * The first season of ''Series/{{Daredevil 2015}}'' flashes back to the BigBad's [[DomesticAbuse troubled]] [[{{Patricide}} childhood]] and StartOfDarkness set somewhere in this decade. |
| 858 | * ''Series/TheDeuce'': Made in 2017, first two seasons set from 1971-1977. |
| 859 | * ''Series/DarkWinds'': Made in 2022, while the first season starts c. 1971. |
| 860 | * ''Series/DoomPatrol2019'': Made in 2019, flashback to Kay Challis' backstory happened in 1976. |
| 861 | * The [[Series/FargoSeasonTwo second season]] of ''Series/{{Fargo}}'' takes place in 1979. One of the themes of the season is the death of the TheSeventies and the changes that brought to America. |
| 862 | * ''Series/FellowTravelers'': Released in 2023, episode 7's {{Flashback}}s unfold in May 1979. |
| 863 | * ''Series/TheFirstLady'': The Fords' time in the White House from 1974 to 1977. |
| 864 | * The second half of ''Series/FosseVerdon'' is mostly set in this decade. |
| 865 | * ''Series/FreaksAndGeeks'': Technically set in 1980, but the '70s hadn't quite worn off yet as disco is still around. |
| 866 | * ''Series/TheGetDown'': Made in 2016, set in 1977-1978. |
| 867 | * ''Series/TheGrimleys'' |
| 868 | * ''Series/{{Hunters}}'': Made in 2020, set in 1977. |
| 869 | * Much of the first season of ''Series/IkawLamang'' is set from 1975 to 1979. |
| 870 | * ''Series/ILoveThe70s'' on Creator/VH1. |
| 871 | * ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': One scene in "[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E6LikeAngelsPutInHellByGod Like Angels Put in Hell by God]]" is set in 1973. |
| 872 | * ''Series/TheKidsAreAlright2018'' is set from 1972 to 1973. |
| 873 | * ''Series/TheLegendOfBruceLee'': 2008 Creator/BruceLee {{Biopic}}. |
| 874 | * ''Series/LifeOnMars2006'': Set in 1973, before disco. |
| 875 | * ''Series/LifeOnMars2008'': American remake of the above, set in the same year. |
| 876 | * ''Series/TheLittleDrummerGirl'': The entire show takes place in 1979. |
| 877 | * ''Series/LoveAndDeath2023'': 2023 Candy Montgomery {{Biopic}} set from 1978-1980. |
| 878 | * ''Series/MadMen'': The last few epiodes were set in this decade. |
| 879 | * ''Series/{{Mindhunter}}'': Made in 2017, story starts off in 1977. |
| 880 | * ''Series/MrsAmerica'': 2020 MiniSeries about the Equal Rights Amendment movement from 1971-1980. |
| 881 | * ''Series/OurFriendsInTheNorth'': A nine episode miniseries that chronicles thirty years in the life of four friends. Episodes 4, 5, and 6 are respectively set in 1970, 1974, and 1979. |
| 882 | * ''Series/PrimeSuspect 1973'': A prequel to the original series. |
| 883 | * ''Series/PubertyBlues'' |
| 884 | * ''Series/RedRiding'': Made in 2009, first part is set in 1974. |
| 885 | * ''Series/{{Revenge}}'': Made and set in 2012 onwards, flashback to the BigBad's StartOfDarkness happened in 1972-1973. |
| 886 | * ''Series/{{Sandglass}}'': 1995 series set in the mid-1970s to early 1980s. |
| 887 | * ''Series/TheSerpent'' primarily takes place during the mid-1970s. |
| 888 | * ''The Seventies'': An NBC TV miniseries that was a follow-up (not a sequel) to the previous NBC miniseries ''The Sixties''. |
| 889 | * ''Series/TheSpoilsOfBabylon'': 2014 {{miniseries}} set in 1976 with flashbacks to TheRoaringTwenties up to TheSixties. |
| 890 | * ''Series/{{Swingtown}}'' |
| 891 | * ''Series/That70sShow''. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin What did you expect]]? |
| 892 | * ''Series/ThisIsUs'': The series alternates between the present day in the 2010s, the 1980s and the 1970s. The storylines of the Pearson parents take place in the 1970s. |
| 893 | * ''Series/{{Treadstone}}'': Parts of the show is set in 1973 in East Germany. |
| 894 | * ''Series/{{Trust}}'': Made in 2018, set in 1973. |
| 895 | * ''Series/{{Utopia}}'': Made in 2014, flashbacks to the BigBad's backstory is set in this decade. |
| 896 | * ''Series/{{Vinyl}}'': Set in the music scene of the decade. |
| 897 | * ''Series/TheWinchesters'': 2022 prequel series to ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' from 2005-2020, with its story beginning in 1972. |
| 898 | * ''Series/WinningTime'': 2022 {{Biopic}} about the Los Angeles Lakers during Magic Johnson's tenure from 1979-1991. |
| 899 | * ''Series/TheWonderYears''. During the later seasons, anyway. The first two seasons were set during the end of TheSixties. |
| 900 | [[/folder]] |
| 901 | |
| 902 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 903 | * ''Music/Blink182'': The music video for their 2001 single "First Date" is set during the middle of the decade. |
| 904 | [[/folder]] |
| 905 | |
| 906 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 907 | * ''TabletopGame/DamnationDecade'': the players join the action on July 3, 1976. |
| 908 | * ''TabletopGame/SpiritOfSeventySeven'' |
| 909 | [[/folder]] |
| 910 | |
| 911 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 912 | * ''VideoGame/AttackOfTheFridayMonstersATokyoTale'': Set in the summer of 1971. |
| 913 | * The various installments of ''VideoGame/BokuNoNatsuyasumi'' all take place over the course of the month of August, 1975. Only the fourth main installment breaks this trend by being set in August, 1985. |
| 914 | * ''VideoGame/CleaningRedville'': Set in 1976. |
| 915 | * ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert2'': Takes place in an alternate 1972. |
| 916 | * ''VideoGame/DestroyAllHumans'' |
| 917 | ** ''VideoGame/DestroyAllHumansBigWillyUnleashed'': Set in 1975 |
| 918 | ** ''VideoGame/DestroyAllHumansPathOfTheFuron'': Set in 1979 |
| 919 | * ''VideoGame/{{Driver}}'': |
| 920 | ** ''[[VideoGame/{{Driver}} Driver: Parallel Lines]]'': The first half of the game is set in 1978. |
| 921 | ** ''[[VideoGame/{{Driver}} Driver 76]]'': Set in 1976. |
| 922 | * ''VideoGame/EvilGenius'': 2004 game set in an {{alternate|History}} 1960s-1970s. |
| 923 | * ''VideoGame/TheFlowerCollectors'': Set in September 1977 ([[WorldOfFunnyAnimals where everyone is a talking bipedal animal]]) during Spain's political unrest. |
| 924 | * ''[[VideoGame/GraviteamTactics Graviteam Tactics: Shield of the Prophet]]'': Set in July 1979. |
| 925 | * ''VisualNovel/HotelDuskRoom215'': Very borderline. It's set just mere days before 1980. |
| 926 | * ''VideoGame/Interstate76'': [[AlternateHistory A different 1976]] anyways. |
| 927 | * ''VideoGame/{{Kona}}'': Set in October 1970. |
| 928 | * ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'': |
| 929 | ** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker'': Set in late 1974. |
| 930 | ** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPortableOps'': Set in 1970. |
| 931 | ** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVGroundZeroes'': Takes place almost immediately after ''Peace Walker''. |
| 932 | * ''VideoGame/RisingStorm2Vietnam'': Several maps take place in the later part of UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar from the early to mid 1970s, such as Quang Tri and Saigon. |
| 933 | * ''VideoGame/{{Roundabout}}'': Set in 1977, with rotating limousines! |
| 934 | * ''VideoGame/ShadowOfDestiny'': The player can TimeTravel to late 1979. |
| 935 | * ''VideoGame/TheSilentAge'': Set in 1972. |
| 936 | * ''VideoGame/SirenBloodCurse'': Flashback to what happened on a village in 1976 is the game's driving force, plus one of the characters {{time travel}}s to 1972. |
| 937 | * ''VideoGame/Sunset2015'' is set in 1972. |
| 938 | * ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'': While its MythArc spans over a century, the main setting is your bog standard BlackComedy SpyDrama... filtered through the lens of an ''incredibly warped'' RaygunGothic, {{Dieselpunk}} [[AlternateHistory version of the late 1960s and early 1970s]], featuring MadScience, {{Magic}}, the [[{{Horror}} supernatural]], and [[AnachronismStew anachronisms]] out the wazoo. |
| 939 | * ''VideoGame/Vigilante8'': An [[AlternateHistory alternate]] 1975. |
| 940 | ** ''VideoGame/Vigilante8SecondOffense'': An [[AlternateHistory alternate]] 1977 with TimeTravel elements thrown in. |
| 941 | * ''VideoGame/TheWarriors'': Set in 1979. |
| 942 | * ''VideoGame/{{Xenonauts}}'': Set in an alternate 1979. |
| 943 | * ''VideoGame/EncasedRPG'': Set in an alternate 1978. |
| 944 | [[/folder]] |
| 945 | |
| 946 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 947 | * ''WebAnimation/RockNRollDad'' |
| 948 | [[/folder]] |
| 949 | |
| 950 | [[folder:Web Comics]] |
| 951 | * The series ''Webcomic/WhenHeavenSpitsYouOut'' starts in 1971, and uses significant events throughout the decade to set dates as the story progresses. |
| 952 | [[/folder]] |
| 953 | |
| 954 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 955 | * The films at the center of ''WebOriginal/SheaScientificFilms'' are from a now-defunct studio that operated in at least 1972. |
| 956 | * ''ARG/WelcomeHomeClownIllustrations'': The last known episode of the eponymous InUniverse PuppetShow aired in 1973, and the patterned clothing, [[SeventiesHair big hairstyles]], and color palettes all evoke this era. |
| 957 | [[/folder]] |
| 958 | |
| 959 | [[folder:WesternAnimation]] |
| 960 | * ''WesternAnimation/BlackDynamite'' |
| 961 | * ''WesternAnimation/FIsForFamily'' |
| 962 | [[/folder]] |
| 963 | [[/index]] |
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